Sometimes people are just daring you to boycott them...

You know, I wasn't all that in an uproar about LJ deciding not to offer free accounts anymore, because they're in business to make money, and the change seemed fairly inevitable to me. I did find it more worrying about the data mining, but again, I don't really labor under the illusion that privacy actually exists anymore, most especially on the Internet. Part of my cynicism on that score comes from working in advertising, and part of it comes simply from living in the world.

But you know what I do have a problem with? Having a business that I give money to publicly and loudly express their disdain for their customers. That really pisses me off.

So, even though I wasn't planning to take part in the boycott on Friday, now I am. Because when somebody gives me the finger, I give it right back.


ETA: Here are two translations of the interview:

http://darkrosetiger.livejournal.com/373663.html (thanks to kymbr for the link)

http://furiosity.livejournal.com/472399.html (thanks to lapetite_kiki for the link)

There's some difference of opinion in the translation, and it may alter how inflammatory the remarks seem. Although I'm not sure it does for me personally.