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0 pointsmakeitdouble2y ago0 comments

As a former EU citizen, yes it was great. Most of the dirty tricks pulled when you register or buy something online were off by default, and even if I somewhat got ropped in some stinky mailing list a litteral single click would get me out of it. Even killing your account could be done in one legally binding email. No 50 pages "do you really want to quit ?" and no "Do you not not not not not refuse to to not let us delete your account ?" last question.

Now I'm feeling how bad it is on the other side of the fence, and the funny thing is people don't seem to give a shit because they never experienced decent regulation and being fucked by brands is just the way of life.

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BLKNSLVR2y ago

The indoctrination of some US citizens into acceptance of the tech giants' rape and pillage of personal data for profit is surprisingly strong.

But maybe it shouldn't be surprising given the example of Google's precedent-setting profitability from guiding that particular path.

ekianjo2y ago

> they never experienced decent regulation

decent regulation like the cookie policy bullshit that makes people waste 30 minutes per day? Thanks bud

Popeyes2y ago

The flaw in regulation was not to respect the Do Not Track signal from the browser, that would have killed off a lot of cookie banners (and is an option that users).

But I'm guessing that it was lobbied against. Similarly, it has generated a large industry in cookie compliance services.

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