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by sime2009 942 days ago
It's really not that hard. Under GDPR you have a right to privacy, and companies can't demand you give it up as part of some kind of condition to gain access to their service.
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scarface_74 942 days ago
And Facebook came up with a reasonable alternative - you can exchange your money for the service.
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TheCoelacanth 942 days ago
They came up with an illegal alternative. If they want to run a paid service, fine, but they can't make avoiding tracking contingent on payment.
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scarface_74 942 days ago
Okay they can force everyone to pay in the EU. Would that make the regulators happy? Would that make the users happy?
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