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I'm genuinely surprised that in this thread we're not seeing the usual idea that this is just the oppressive EU trying to exploit poor American companies. Is i

I'm genuinely surprised that in this thread we're not seeing the usual idea that this is just the oppressive EU trying to exploit poor American companies. Is it because the article relates to evil Facebook and not Google?

simion314 9y ago
So if a court in country X finds the fact that tracking non FB users is illegal the Americans should side with the criminal because X!=USA, Google and FB are the biggest companies that do this illegal things so it is so obvious that citizens and organization with sue this big companies and not some obscure forum in country X(if there is such small company that can even track users outside it's own website) Also give me examples of EU companies that track users on most of the internet.
- fwdpropaganda 9y ago
  > So if a court in country X finds the fact that tracking non FB users is illegal the Americans should side with the criminal because X!=USA, Google and FB are the biggest companies that do this illegal things so it is so obvious that citizens and organization with sue this big companies and not some obscure forum in country X(if there is such small company that can even track users outside it's own website) Not sure if I understood what you meant. I'm not saying that they should, I'm saying that they often do. At least on HN.
  - simion314 9y ago
    US has many internet and software companies, you have FB, Google, Microsoft, Apple , I can't even name an EU company, I know that SUSE Linux is in Germany so it makes sense that on HN front page you will see this big companies and not some small EU company. As an example in Romania, Microsoft was caught doing illegal things, they corrupted government people to buy tons of licenses, we should not wait for an EU company to do the same before investigating this MS issue. The fact that some other companies also bribed some other people should not affect the MS case. I am not sure if the MS case even reached MSW top page, but if it were some small software company outside US it would not appear on HN at all, only on local press, so HN from page has a bias for big US companies
    - fwdpropaganda 9y ago
      Again I didn't understand what point you were trying to make. That small companies outside the US don't reach the front page of HN? Of course not. Is that your point?
      - simion314 9y ago
        Yes, and then US HNers complain that they never seen EU punishing the small EU software companies and they only see Apple,Microsoft, Google and FB.
- s73v3r_ 9y ago
  "Also give me examples of EU companies that track users on most of the internet." Well, FB is headquartered in Ireland...
s73v3r_ 9y ago
I think it's because most people in this community (hopefully) see invasive tracking as being a terrible thing, which is why most of us run ad-blockers.
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simion314 9y ago

So if a court in country X finds the fact that tracking non FB users is illegal the Americans should side with the criminal because X!=USA, Google and FB are the biggest companies that do this illegal things so it is so obvious that citizens and organization with sue this big companies and not some obscure forum in country X(if there is such small company that can even track users outside it's own website) Also give me examples of EU companies that track users on most of the internet.

fwdpropaganda 9y ago
> So if a court in country X finds the fact that tracking non FB users is illegal the Americans should side with the criminal because X!=USA, Google and FB are the biggest companies that do this illegal things so it is so obvious that citizens and organization with sue this big companies and not some obscure forum in country X(if there is such small company that can even track users outside it's own website) Not sure if I understood what you meant. I'm not saying that they should, I'm saying that they often do. At least on HN.
- simion314 9y ago
  US has many internet and software companies, you have FB, Google, Microsoft, Apple , I can't even name an EU company, I know that SUSE Linux is in Germany so it makes sense that on HN front page you will see this big companies and not some small EU company. As an example in Romania, Microsoft was caught doing illegal things, they corrupted government people to buy tons of licenses, we should not wait for an EU company to do the same before investigating this MS issue. The fact that some other companies also bribed some other people should not affect the MS case. I am not sure if the MS case even reached MSW top page, but if it were some small software company outside US it would not appear on HN at all, only on local press, so HN from page has a bias for big US companies
  - fwdpropaganda 9y ago
    Again I didn't understand what point you were trying to make. That small companies outside the US don't reach the front page of HN? Of course not. Is that your point?
    - simion314 9y ago
      Yes, and then US HNers complain that they never seen EU punishing the small EU software companies and they only see Apple,Microsoft, Google and FB.
s73v3r_ 9y ago
"Also give me examples of EU companies that track users on most of the internet." Well, FB is headquartered in Ireland...

s73v3r_ 9y ago

I think it's because most people in this community (hopefully) see invasive tracking as being a terrible thing, which is why most of us run ad-blockers.

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