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That's the law in the EU, I think it's natural to have a hobby that doesn't break any laws.
by optimalKEK 8y ago
That's the law in the EU, I think it's natural to have a hobby that doesn't break any laws.
- themacguffinman 8y agoHe's not in the EU.
- dingaling 8y agoIndeed but he head a TLD from a self-governing dependency which is implementing the GDPR: https://www.gov.im/about-the-government/data-protection-gdpr-on-the-isle-of-man/ https://www.gov.im/about-the-government/data-protection-gdpr... So he wants the funky TLD from Europe but he doesn't want European law 'hassle'. Hypocritical.
- themacguffinman 8y agoHow is that hypocritical? It's really obvious that the author puchased an "im" domain because it looks like the acronym for "Instant Messaging", not because he wants to be associated with a European country or European law. He also purchased his domain name before the GDPR came out.
- tathougies 8y agoRight... which is why this guy has decided this is no longer going to be his hobby in the EU. While the EU has every right to say 'those who do X for a hobby must do Y to comply' they cannot say 'everybody must have X for a hobby' or 'Bob must continue doing X for a hobby' .
- optimalKEK 8y agoThe high-tech laws and regulations of the EU are a bit more sophisticated than in the US so it may take some time for the rest of the world to catch on.
- tathougies 8y agoWell, if anything, Europe has a history of labeling authoritarians as progressives. Whether that's something to be proud of is something history will decide.
- optimalKEK 8y agoAuthoritarianism is the only way to protect the people from runaway capitalism. Juncker is a good leader - I never understood why Americans/Anglos think that "Authoritarianism = BAD".
- tathougies 8y agoProbably because we’ve internalized the lessons of the aftermath of the British empire