We hid a free trip to Switzerland in our privacy policy

bwoah 67 points 16 comments March 30, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (7 comments)

Archonical

This is just an ad.

kitesay

No one reads the fine print as they need the service.

cryzinger

The implication here is kind of funny in that even if you do write legal stuff in language that your customers can understand, most of them still won't read it. And to be fair, I'm guilty of this more often than not.

focusedone

Smart PR move and motivation to read more privacy policies. Looks like they only offer one plan, $99/month, which is pretty steep but must offset what other carriers make selling customer info. That's about double what I'm paying now but I do like the idea.

altairprime

Previously: Cell service for the fairly paranoid (33 days ago, 191 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47144325

soopypoos

> In 2024 alone, the FCC fined major U.S. carriers $200 million for illegally selling subscriber location data. Was that "you didn't put that in your privacy policy" or "your policy is illegal"?

fallinghawks

"email us for a chance to win a free trip to Switzerland" A chance to win is not enough motivation for me to actually write the email. I would assume it was simply an opportunity to collect email addresses, so I (personally) am not to likely to email them even if I did fully read their privacy policy.

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