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>Two weeks ago TechCrunch called on Instagram to build an equivalent to Facebook’s “Download Your Information feature so if you wanted to leave for another phot

>Two weeks ago TechCrunch called on Instagram to build an equivalent to Facebook’s “Download Your Information feature so if you wanted to leave for another photo sharing network, you could. The next day it announced this tool would be coming and now TechCrunch has spotted it rolling out to users. So we've moved from companies trying to make compliance to GDPR look like they are doing us a favor out of the goodness of their hearts to now tech sites trying to take the credit for that too. Who will be the next I wonder.

deft 8y ago
"We always had that feature!"
will_brown 8y ago
It’s a lot like the NRA...they fight gun regulation tooth and nail, then when the writing is on the wall for a given issue, they take credit for spearheading the initiative. Perfect example: NRA fighting regulations on gun sales by mail order. JFK is assasinated using a rifle ordered by mail right out of a magazine owned/published by the NRA. Gun purchase by mail order is outlawed...NRA proceeds to take credit for championing sensible gun regulations.
SmellyGeekBoy 8y ago
The tabloid newspapers in the UK do this sort of thing all the time. I'm not sure what that says about TechCrunch, if anything.
antihero 8y ago
A company using it's compliance to regulation as a PR exercise? Who'd have thought it! Phone companies in the UK at least do this boasting EU free roaming as a "feature" they're so nice to provide, except that it's UK law. Three are the only network that did this voluntarily (and their Feel at home thing is also many places outside the EU which is nice)
- NicoJuicy 8y ago
  It's a EU law, not an UK one
  - dingaling 8y ago
    And a ridiculous one. It's a Common Market, not a Price-Flat Market.
    - mantas 8y ago
      There're safeguards put in to prevent price-flat market situation. And it's damn nice when a day's trip to neighbouring country doesn't mean switching SIM cards or outrageous fees.
    - NicoJuicy 8y ago
      Explain that too people where their SIM card switches to the neighbooring countries provider. And more importantly, surfing while on vacation in the EU ( 100 mb) won't cost you 200 €'s anymore. Some people had a vacation bill of 9.000 € of their provider ( source: newspaper & victim was local politician)
    - Angostura 8y ago
      That is exactly what the regulations put in place. They don't mandate a price-flat market.
    - antihero 8y ago
      It means more competition, because consumers can choose between effectively any provider in the EU. So if the providers in say Germany have awful deals, you could get a SIM from a company in the UK that has less shitty deals.
  - antihero 8y ago
    I actually knew that, fuck knows why I typed UK.

deft 8y ago

"We always had that feature!"

will_brown 8y ago

It’s a lot like the NRA...they fight gun regulation tooth and nail, then when the writing is on the wall for a given issue, they take credit for spearheading the initiative. Perfect example: NRA fighting regulations on gun sales by mail order. JFK is assasinated using a rifle ordered by mail right out of a magazine owned/published by the NRA. Gun purchase by mail order is outlawed...NRA proceeds to take credit for championing sensible gun regulations.

SmellyGeekBoy 8y ago

The tabloid newspapers in the UK do this sort of thing all the time. I'm not sure what that says about TechCrunch, if anything.

antihero 8y ago

A company using it's compliance to regulation as a PR exercise? Who'd have thought it! Phone companies in the UK at least do this boasting EU free roaming as a "feature" they're so nice to provide, except that it's UK law. Three are the only network that did this voluntarily (and their Feel at home thing is also many places outside the EU which is nice)

NicoJuicy 8y ago
It's a EU law, not an UK one
- dingaling 8y ago
  And a ridiculous one. It's a Common Market, not a Price-Flat Market.
  - mantas 8y ago
    There're safeguards put in to prevent price-flat market situation. And it's damn nice when a day's trip to neighbouring country doesn't mean switching SIM cards or outrageous fees.
  - NicoJuicy 8y ago
    Explain that too people where their SIM card switches to the neighbooring countries provider. And more importantly, surfing while on vacation in the EU ( 100 mb) won't cost you 200 €'s anymore. Some people had a vacation bill of 9.000 € of their provider ( source: newspaper & victim was local politician)
  - Angostura 8y ago
    That is exactly what the regulations put in place. They don't mandate a price-flat market.
  - antihero 8y ago
    It means more competition, because consumers can choose between effectively any provider in the EU. So if the providers in say Germany have awful deals, you could get a SIM from a company in the UK that has less shitty deals.
- antihero 8y ago
  I actually knew that, fuck knows why I typed UK.