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by rapsey 132 days ago
Yeah the EU got it wrong. Like they did for pretty much every policy of the last 20 years.

edit: Since I can no longer repy I will edit in place:

Just the kind of regulation that drives out investment and growth. Now we have no money printing tech giants and our best and brightest work for US companies. But we do have bragging rights with the desktop linux crowd, so that is something.

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Yup, clearly making websites and platforms responsible for the data they store and process is absolutely horrible. How is one supposed to make money on selling user data if I have to give notice to the users that this is what I'm doing? Give me laissez faire markets or no market at all!