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Since the HN crowd seems to strongly support GDPR, how is this in line?
by emteycz 9y ago
Since the HN crowd seems to strongly support GDPR, how is this in line?
- seattle_spring 9y agoThey're not strongly pro GDPR, just strongly anti FB.
- TomMarius 9y agoI'm basing my anecdote mainly on discussions that happened before Cambridge Analytica - and were purely about GDPR and its impacts.
- megaman22 9y agoThere's a very vocal subset that is supportive of GPDR. There's an often downvoted to hell subset that is skeptical.
- leesalminen 9y agoThis. As a founder of a small SaaS product that has never (nor plans to) sold or monetized user data GDPR has presented issues for us. Especially because EU represents <1% of revenue. From my point of view, GDPR creates barriers of entry that can hurt small players. As a human, yes I care about privacy and the right to be forgotten. As an entrepreneur, these barriers of entry piss me off.
- danieltillett 9y agoUnless you are in the EU just don't worry about it. Think of it has EU shotgun to the foot that lets non-EU startups get ahead.
- Mononokay 9y agoI've seen a lot of dislike for GDPR more than anything. Despite that, there are a few reasons why it's "in line." It's a public forum, and having a historical record publically available to all users is somewhat mandatory to serve as an effective one. It prevents linkrot, which is something particularly severe everywhere else. Above all of that, HN doesn't sell data or really keep anything beyond what you've said - they don't even sell ads. It's more an archive than real 'social media.'
- mattmanser 9y agoOne of the main purposes of the GDPR is link rot. For your old sins to be forgotten, just like we used to be able to before perfect computer memories came into being.