Hey Mamont, I’ve been digging into the legal side of those early dot‑com boom days—remember the wild Wild West of 2000s e‑commerce? I’d love to hear what you remember about the old websites, and maybe we can compare how the law caught up.

That ghost‑logo era was a legal nightmare in disguise. Back then the only “protection” was a 12345 password and a vague “no free trial” clause that basically meant you signed up and could be stuck forever. The law had to catch up fast—SEC started treating online sales as securities, the FTC cracked down on deceptive advertising, and then the EU rolled out GDPR to put data privacy front and center. Now every click is tracked, every pixel has a data‑processing agreement, and a simple pop‑up can trigger a lawsuit if it’s not fully disclosed. I’ve seen firms redesign entire platforms just to meet those standards. It’s a lot of extra paperwork, but at least users know what they’re signing up for—and I can’t argue with that.