The problem with your analogy is that you are not just interacting with
one unwelcome neighbour with a defective washing machine, but with
dozens of neighbours whose washing machines work perfectly but who
happen to share the same plumber as the unwelcome one. And in many cases
these people aren't just your neighbours but potential clients of yours.
If you refuse to deal with them on the basis that they use that plumber,
you're the one who will lose business.
I'm not sure the analogy works all that well, but hopefully you get my
point. Outlook.com, Google and Amazon all have millions of legitimate
customers from whom you might receive genuine email, and if you block
them because of their (relatively few) unwelcome customers, you're
throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
--
John
On 2020-10-25 18:48, Marc Roos wrote:
Are you guys working for Google or Amazon or so? Maybe I should give
something simple analogy so you understand.
If your neighbours washing machine breaks down, and causes you water
damage. They have to pay for cleaning up de mess they created in your
apartment. If the neighbour spills oil on your parkway, they have to
clean it up.
Your reasoning resembles:
- the neighbour does have to use their washing machine every time, so I
will just clean up their mess every time.
- it is only once of every 3 times the neighbour uses his washing
machine, he floods my apartment, so that is ok.
- the neighbour has kids, they cannot be held responsible for dad to
flood my apartment every week. So I will not ask the landlord to evict
them. I will just clean up their mess every week year after year.
- the neighbour floods my apartment every week, I think I will teach
him
this week how to use the washing machine.
- the neighbour floods my apartment every week, I think I will replace
my wooden floor for some plastic foil.
