Comment by _qua

"You can just choose not to use it", sure, until signing a consent form to use ChatGPT becomes mandatory for a doctor visit, just like all kinds of other technology (like having a cell phone to verify SMS, for example) is basically essential now to function in society.

Just like you can choose not to have a bank, any credit lines, a smartphone, or a car: only by arranging your entire life around those decisions or keeping close someone who has those things.

It is not that "this product is withheld from me". It is that we have laws to protect against abusive corporations. ChatGPT Health not being launched in EU is because OpenAI themselves realized it abuses peoples privacy.

> you didn't like this product, you can just choose to not use it

This is an over-simplification. I might like the product, but not be aware of the various ways it violates my privacy. Having laws that make it more risky for companies to do nefarious things makes me more confident that if a product is available in the EU market it doesn't do obviously bad things.

I get some of us here in the US have a near-allergic reaction to regulations or prohibition of any kind, but come on man. At some point you have to acknowledge we need the government to protect us from corporate greed, even on rare occasion. “Just don’t use it” is not a real argument when basically everyone is now expected to use LLM’s at work and beyond