← Back to context Comment by raw_anon_1111 15 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 15 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 10 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 15 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 15 hours ago More pity to those who (for some bizarre reason) voluntarily choose to interact with those ad-tech companies. 1 reply →
GJim 15 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 10 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 15 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 15 hours ago More pity to those who (for some bizarre reason) voluntarily choose to interact with those ad-tech companies. 1 reply →
drnick1 10 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 15 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 15 hours ago More pity to those who (for some bizarre reason) voluntarily choose to interact with those ad-tech companies. 1 reply →
GJim 15 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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