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by Avamander 442 days ago
> I would be happy for them to remove is the portability between providers requirement: it was essentially dead on arrival, is not implemented, and could be done away with.

Well, they actually shouldn't. There are non-EU email providers that show exactly what would happen - customers wouldn't be able to transfer out their email from that service provider. Unlucky if they won't notice that limitation in time.

> The other EU-level regulation that needs to be either removed or completely rethought (since it will clearly not be enforced in a way that makes sense) is the cookie regulation. It was well-intentioned, badly implemented, and the GDPR addresses more of the core problems, it is time to do away with it.

Or simply start handing out fines for malicious compliance.