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FedEx will pay customers to turn Adobe Flash back on if it notices Chrome or Safari users that have it disabled:
FedEx will give customers that use the Chrome 56 and Safari 10 browsers or newer a $5 discount once they enable the Flash plugin. The offer comes after both Chrome and Safari have started blocking Flash content by default in the past few months.
[...] Despite all of [the] warnings, FedEx has remained one of the largest companies that still supports Flash content on its website. This seems to be causing some issues for their customers, who now need to enable Flash in Chrome and Safari. As you may imagine, chances are that many FedEx customers aren't very happy that they have to follow a list of relatively technical instructions to enable Flash again in their browsers. The more tech savvy ones may even dislike the fact that FedEx is forcing them to use Flash again, and potentially expose them to security risks, just when they thought they could have a Flash-free web experience.
To alleviate this problem, FedEx has come up with a rather interesting idea--it will offer its customers a $5 discount for orders over $30 if the site notices that they don't have Flash enabled. All you have to do to get that $5 discount is--you guessed it--enable Flash in your browser. Easy! In its instructions, the company is asking its customers to switch Flash to the "Always run" option, in order to enable it in their browsers. However, Chrome and Safari users should also be able to allow the Flash plugin to "Run once" on the FedEx website. This should allow them to complete the purchase, while at the same time limiting their exposure to Flash exploits.
How about a class action lawsuit for everyone who keeps Flash running after re-enabling it?
(Score: 2, Insightful) by anubi on Monday March 27 2017, @06:49AM
I had business I have patronized for years suddenly start insisting I conform to their business model... which included words like "hold harmless" for whatever I encountered in order to comply with their business demand.
This almost always resulted in my finding a new supplier.
Its one of the neat things about the new internet business model. Many larger, more established businesses with a huge customer base are quite willing to encourage their customers to visit an upstart.
"Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." [KJV: I Thessalonians 5:21]