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Quorten Blog 1

First blog for all Quorten's blog-like writings

Well, well, I’d be. Here it is, a marketing strategy recommendation that’s almost asking for the worst. Want to sell more of your product? Well then see if there’s some kind of habit of a consumer you can capture and own for yourself.

20200626/https://getpocket.com/explore/item/how-two-companies-hooked-customers-on-products-they-rarely-use

Why the heck did I read and write down that link? Well, Firefox is trying really hard to force this marketing and promotion upon us through its “pocket” automatically generated constantly changing article lists that show up. And yes, if you set a homepage for yourself, they will show you their own homepage every single time you create a new blank tab. Absolute highjacking for command and control.