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mcintyre1994

I can understand how that causes issues, but surely it also shows that alerts don't work either? These companies were presumably missing/ignoring alerts with scary messaging that they're about to get shut off, and would also miss/ignore alerts with scary messaging that their bill is getting too high.

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Ya, especially on the open internet where the time between the first alert and bankruptcy could be minutes.

Ignored alert works exactly as the provider wants it to work. It makes them earn more money.

It works best when coupled with spam of other irrelevant alerts, to maximize the chance of higher earnings.

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