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They're shutting down because they're privacy-ignorant and that doesn't fly in the EU any more. People apparently have a hard enough time understanding invisib

by blub 8y ago

They're shutting down because they're privacy-ignorant and that doesn't fly in the EU any more. People apparently have a hard enough time understanding invisible things such as privacy, but this goes double for those whose income depends on violating the privacy of everyone.

bigbugbag 8y ago
Can you provide examples of websites shutting down due to GDPR ?
- blub 8y ago
  I only know about some US newspaper closing EU access and this guy's forum. I'm sure we'll get a separate thread for each site that's closing, to emphasize how the (advertising) world is ending, one just needs to wait.
  - jtbayly 8y ago
    There's no advertising on the forum under discussion.
- blackbrokkoli 8y ago
  Well, drone.io?
  - icebraining 8y ago
    I think it's just discourse.drone.io, the rest of the site will stay.
- lajhsdfkl 8y ago
  This is at least the 5th instance I've seen of a website announcing their closure due to GDPR on Hacker News. Most websites probably wouldn't announce it and given that a post about simply blocking all EU users got upvoted to the front page less than a week ago I doubt the idea of blocking all EU users isn't more prevalent. https://www.polygon.com/2018/4/28/17295498/super-monday-night-combat-shutting-down-gdpr https://www.polygon.com/2018/4/28/17295498/super-monday-nigh... https://digiday.com/media/gdpr-mayhem-programmatic-ad-buying-plummets-europe/ https://digiday.com/media/gdpr-mayhem-programmatic-ad-buying... http://money.cnn.com/2018/05/25/media/gdpr-news-websites-la-times-tronc/index.html http://money.cnn.com/2018/05/25/media/gdpr-news-websites-la-... https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/may/24/sites-block-eu-users-before-gdpr-takes-effect https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/may/24/sites-blo... Try doing some basic research before asking leading questions that you don't expect responses to.
- greenleafjacob 8y ago
  http://gdprcasualties.com http://gdprcasualties.com

by blub 8y ago

bigbugbag 8y ago

Can you provide examples of websites shutting down due to GDPR ?

blub 8y ago
I only know about some US newspaper closing EU access and this guy's forum. I'm sure we'll get a separate thread for each site that's closing, to emphasize how the (advertising) world is ending, one just needs to wait.
- jtbayly 8y ago
  There's no advertising on the forum under discussion.
blackbrokkoli 8y ago
Well, drone.io?
- icebraining 8y ago
  I think it's just discourse.drone.io, the rest of the site will stay.
lajhsdfkl 8y ago
This is at least the 5th instance I've seen of a website announcing their closure due to GDPR on Hacker News. Most websites probably wouldn't announce it and given that a post about simply blocking all EU users got upvoted to the front page less than a week ago I doubt the idea of blocking all EU users isn't more prevalent. https://www.polygon.com/2018/4/28/17295498/super-monday-night-combat-shutting-down-gdpr https://www.polygon.com/2018/4/28/17295498/super-monday-nigh... https://digiday.com/media/gdpr-mayhem-programmatic-ad-buying-plummets-europe/ https://digiday.com/media/gdpr-mayhem-programmatic-ad-buying... http://money.cnn.com/2018/05/25/media/gdpr-news-websites-la-times-tronc/index.html http://money.cnn.com/2018/05/25/media/gdpr-news-websites-la-... https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/may/24/sites-block-eu-users-before-gdpr-takes-effect https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/may/24/sites-blo... Try doing some basic research before asking leading questions that you don't expect responses to.
greenleafjacob 8y ago
http://gdprcasualties.com http://gdprcasualties.com