← Back to context Comment by raw_anon_1111 10 hours ago I love the EU apologists - “it wasn’t a bad law just because the outcome was bad” 5 comments raw_anon_1111 Reply GJim 10 hours ago The alternative being to bend over and grab our ankles with both hands the moment the scummy ad-tech industry requests our data?Sorry mate, the GDPR is there for a bloody good reason; and legit companies obey the law. drnick1 5 hours ago The GDPR is theater. An effective privacy law would have prevented data collection in the first place. Data collected will be abused, and a cute little banner won't change this. raw_anon_1111 10 hours ago Yes because of the GDPR, there aren’t still two trillion dollar+ market cap ad Tech companies.But at least we have cookie banners everywhere. GJim 9 hours ago More pity to those who (for some bizarre reason) voluntarily choose to interact with those ad-tech companies. 1 reply →
GJim 10 hours ago The alternative being to bend over and grab our ankles with both hands the moment the scummy ad-tech industry requests our data?Sorry mate, the GDPR is there for a bloody good reason; and legit companies obey the law. drnick1 5 hours ago The GDPR is theater. An effective privacy law would have prevented data collection in the first place. Data collected will be abused, and a cute little banner won't change this. raw_anon_1111 10 hours ago Yes because of the GDPR, there aren’t still two trillion dollar+ market cap ad Tech companies.But at least we have cookie banners everywhere. GJim 9 hours ago More pity to those who (for some bizarre reason) voluntarily choose to interact with those ad-tech companies. 1 reply →
drnick1 5 hours ago The GDPR is theater. An effective privacy law would have prevented data collection in the first place. Data collected will be abused, and a cute little banner won't change this.
raw_anon_1111 10 hours ago Yes because of the GDPR, there aren’t still two trillion dollar+ market cap ad Tech companies.But at least we have cookie banners everywhere. GJim 9 hours ago More pity to those who (for some bizarre reason) voluntarily choose to interact with those ad-tech companies. 1 reply →
GJim 9 hours ago More pity to those who (for some bizarre reason) voluntarily choose to interact with those ad-tech companies. 1 reply →
The alternative being to bend over and grab our ankles with both hands the moment the scummy ad-tech industry requests our data?
Sorry mate, the GDPR is there for a bloody good reason; and legit companies obey the law.
The GDPR is theater. An effective privacy law would have prevented data collection in the first place. Data collected will be abused, and a cute little banner won't change this.
Yes because of the GDPR, there aren’t still two trillion dollar+ market cap ad Tech companies.
But at least we have cookie banners everywhere.
More pity to those who (for some bizarre reason) voluntarily choose to interact with those ad-tech companies.
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