Re: Proposed XMPP Extension: Payment Required

Tedd Sterr <[email protected]> Sat, 13 Jun 2026 17:43:56 +0000
Newsgroups gmane.network.jabber.standards-jig
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> It's non-authoritative, clients can slap a "cannot verify this value, che=
ck the price on the next step" sticker on it as necessary.

Because users are well known for carefully reading and following instructio=
ns, rather than just going ahead and hitting the OK button without hesitati=
on.
This isn't a solution, it's just a way to remove responsibility and then bl=
ame the user - "it's your own fault for not reading, you were warned" - whi=
ch may be correct, but it's entirely predictable and shouldn't be encourage=
d through bad design.


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