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That sounds ideal. Please make sure you do this, and convince many of your colleagues and compatriots to do the same. Maybe finally give us some breathing space
by nothrabannosir 9y ago
That sounds ideal. Please make sure you do this, and convince many of your colleagues and compatriots to do the same. Maybe finally give us some breathing space to grow our own popular services in the face of US dominance.
I used to think protectionism was stupid, but after seeing how The Great Firewall[1] is working out for China and their services, I’m not so sure anymore. The big problem with any inbound restrictions is retaliation, but if you can manage to make a country restrict exports themseleves, well, yes please!
I’m looking forward to seeing EU competitors flourish.
[1] Since visiting China I’m convinced TGF is about protectionism as much as it is about filtering. Internet to any non-China service is terrible and unreliable. The result is simply you can’t depend on it, so you choose a Chinese provider. This has clearly worked out very well for some of their companies!
- downandout 9y agoThe large US sites you’re worried about “dominating” the EU, who have significant EU traffic, will be able to comply with the GDPR and continue to compete just fine. They have the resources to hire the necessary phalanx of attorneys to advise them on how each feature and tweak to their sites interact with the GDPR, and it is a worthwhile investment for them. I was saying that smaller sites that don’t have internal legal departments and don’t need EU traffic should consider blocking EU IPs.