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1. thih9 · 1789929279 · focus · HN ↗

   I am once again happy that the EU is fighting practices like these via legislation.

   Some outcomes can be annoying, but the net result is still positive, for the consumers and their data privacy at least.

   1. altern8 · 1789934473 · focus · HN ↗

      I don't know if the destruction of many industries in the EU--including manufacturing--can be called an annoyance.

      All the EU bureaucrats can do is regulate, that's why it's so difficult to do business in the EU and that's why there is so little innovation over here. If Microsoft and Apple were started in the EU they would've been shut down within a week because you can't operate from a garage.

      I guess that every once in a while this might have a positive outcome for consumers, a broken clock is right twice a day.

      1. goobatrooba · 1789938771 · focus · HN ↗

         I don't see how that's relevant? Regulation might have limited some innovation in tech, but gdpr does not affect any of the dying industries. That's more from competition with china, companies with too much interest in giving payouts to shareholders than to innovate, and US financial industry buying most of the best players

         1. techpression · 1789943106 · focus · HN ↗

            GDPR is being changed to allow tracking and AI training without consent, EU only protects people if it’s the interest of EU companies, GDPR is now too costly so it has to be dismantled in certain areas.

            <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.computerworld.com&#x2F;article&#x2F;4087347&#x2F;european-commission-moves-to-loosen-gdpr-for-ai-and-cookie-tracking.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.computerworld.com&#x2F;article&#x2F;4087347&#x2F;european-commi...

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