Diverging Estimates Of The Costs Of Spam
from the does-it-really-matter? dept
Because it can't be a problem unless it has a dollar amount attached to it, it seems like everyone is coming out with reports these days telling us just how much spam "costs". Of course, the problem is that none of these reports agree and some claim that there's very little cost to spam at all. However, the sheer number of examples of how spam is costly (from lost time/productivity to the cost of lost or blocked legitimate emails to the cost of network providers) suggests that those who claim there is little to no cost are delusional.
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Bacterial sex
The bacteria on your body outnumber your body cells ten to one, yet you survive and even depend on bacteria. So it is with spam -- perhaps they will exchange their genes with computer viruses, worms, and the other microbes of the software universe, to someday create beneficial bacteria.
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Save the Endangered Spam
We have created the next dimension of life, when the petri dish of the internet is a universe of elementary particles called Viagra, MAKE-MONEY-FAST, and HOT-TEEN-BABES. Galaxies of popup windows are forming the first star systems, and the dark energy of spam filters is slowly causing the universe to die.
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costs...
Whether the cost is a penny a day or 10 bucks a day because of spam DOES NOT MATTER. This is a cost that is put upon me without my consent and I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY IT.
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cost of spam
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