[aboringusername]

Hopefully Google is forced to follow Apple's lead and implement consent dialogs into Android to allow/deny tracking or usage of any form of identifier/fingerprint.

I am surprised the EU haven't investigated Android and found it breaches GDPR requirements, simply due to the fact it's too easy to collect information that can later be used for analytical purposes without the users consent.

I imagine you can find instances of GDPR breaches in all modern OS' if you looked hard enough - something as simple as a HTTP POST request may be illegal depending on the payload.

Sadly, progress is often slow, but Apple's progress in this area will hopefully inspire Googlers like the one in this article to make statements and drive progress forward.

[jmnicolas]

The GDPR is one of those "useful" laws created to open the possibilities to strong arm any company at will.

Most of the time it's not really enforced (apart of a couple unlucky few to show they mean business) but if they need to put pressure on any company they know they'll find something to hang them with.