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by bad_user 2406 days ago
Also important to mention... serving ads without consent is not ilegal under GDPR, what is illegal is user profiling with the purpose of serving ads.

In practice for Facebook the attraction for their ads platform is precisely that you can target fine grained demographics. So I'm not sure if Facebook can do anything here without a drop in revenue.
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buboard 2406 days ago
if the court gives them another fine (probably yes), FB will probably become a paid service in europe, but then will pay you back with its "ad viewing" program so it can be free again. This would also be compatible with california's new regulations i think
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hiccuphippo 2406 days ago
Won't the regulators eventually patch the law so they can't use that exploit?
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sgift 2406 days ago
> So I'm not sure if Facebook can do anything here without a drop in revenue.

Probably not, but that's kind of the point: Some things may make you money, but we do not allow you to do them. Find another way to make money.

GDPR is not different from other laws forbidding lucrative, but scummy, things.

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