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As if people needed more of a reason to hate all over Starbucks, the global coffee company announced that it will no longer allow customers to access explicit websites while connected to its free wi-fi—in other words, keep your porn in the privacy of your own home.
Per Business Insider:
“Once we determine that our customers can access our free Wi-Fi in a way that also doesn’t involuntarily block unintended content, we will implement this in our stores,” a Starbucks spokesperson told CNN on Friday.
“In the meantime, we reserve the right to stop any behavior that interferes with our customer experience, including what is accessed on our free Wi-Fi.”
The new policy comes after years of pressure from the internet-safety organization Enough is Enough.
“We are pleased by Starbucks’ decision to make its stores safer for families and children by pursuing an effective Wi-Fi filtering solution,” Donna Rice Hughes, president of EIE, said in a statement.
“We are hopeful that in the very near future, Starbucks will be filtering their coffee and their Wi-Fi, both nationally and globally.”
The decision by The Bux to ban explicit sites follows a similar policy on wi-fi that McDonald’s is implementing, which absolutely ruins by lunch breaks for me now.
Oh well, I guess all things do, eventually, come to an end.