Respecting Privacy at Basecamp
Many companies, especially startups, review every signup manually and reach out to interesting looking customers. I get lots of these emails, and every one leaves me unsettled.
Tons of companies will also use the fact that you signed up as permission to identify you as a customer for marketing purposes. Over the years, I’ve had to ask no fewer than a dozen companies to remove Basecamp from their marketing material.
I find both of these practices to be distasteful.
I don’t think companies should promote you as a customer without asking.
>I don’t think companies should promote you as a customer without asking.
Is this even legal? I guess this is one of these "by clicking on this button, you allow us to use your name in our ads" deal... Pretty disingenuous.