alt Hacker NewsThese suggestions are like telling someone that that is being harassed to maybe wear something different.
While it would, yes, likely avoid the problem happening again, it shifts the responsibility to the party that should not be at fault.
Meanwhile the harasser is like “what’s wrong? I took an anti-harassment class?”
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> These suggestions are like telling someone that that is being harassed to maybe wear something different.
Weird analogy - it's telling someone who is paying to be abused to simply stop paying...
If Windows was actually free, as in download a copy and use it as you wish, then sure, maybe you might have a (very tiny) point, but it's not like that at all.
your analogy would be fitting for a jurisdiction that had no sexual assault laws or way for victims to defend themselves. In which case "Don't provoke an attack" is sound advice.
in other industries, you can sue product manufacturers if their defects cause you inordinate grief, lost wages, or excessive repair costs.
It's more like telling someone in an abusive relationship to leave the abusive relationship.