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I believe it was largely a way to try and unify the EU to combat recent turmoil. By taking a stand against the evil American tech innovators, the EU can look to
by frockington 8y ago
I believe it was largely a way to try and unify the EU to combat recent turmoil. By taking a stand against the evil American tech innovators, the EU can look to its populace and say they accomplished something that a single nation could not have
- oblio 8y agoBecause God forbid that us Europeans would actually want a law like this, it’s just the Bruxelles bureaucrats that are pushing an anti-US agenda. I’m being ironic, a decent chunk of Europeans want this (I’d say a majority but I don’t have hard numbers).
- rleigh 8y agoI've yet to hear any complaints from anyone I've been talking too; it's been universally regarded as a good thing. I'd have to agree, and I'm not a particular fan of the EU. It's never been portrayed as "anti-US", and it isn't. It's pro-privacy, and that's an entirely different thing. While I think certain US companies have aggressively persued certain business strategies which are very much anti-privacy, so have many companies around the world, and this legislation is long overdue pushback against some very dubious business practices many people are very, very uncomfortable with.
- smileypete 8y agoWell I'd like to complain. It's not that there's no need for improvement, but EU rules often end up imposing poor implementations, consequently with no scope for better solutions.
- synotna 8y agoWas the original law 20 years ago also a conspiracy against America?