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by dcminter 954 days ago
You did, and now you're incorrectly claiming that the EU is forcing Meta to stop personalised ads. They're not. They're only forcing Meta to obtain user consent.

The means by which Meta is doing that are scummy and hopefully will still prove to be illegal, but none of that is the EU's doing.

I'd be surprised if there was much, if any, fallout from the disappearence of Meta from the EU space. Not that I hold out any hope of it.
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nerdbert 954 days ago
> I'd be surprised if there was much, if any, fallout from the disappearence of Meta from the EU space.

One sure exception would be Whatsapp. It's really baked into society in many countries, including here in the Netherlands where it's the normal mode for most person-to-person communication, including customer-business contacts.

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oytis 953 days ago
> The means by which Meta is doing that are scummy and hopefully will still prove to be illegal, but none of that is the EU's doing.

This is what many established media in Germany are doing. Either pay to read without data collection, or read for free and be tracked. No lawsuits so far - which doesn't necessarily mean they won't follow of course.

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