> That's a pointless technicality and irrelevant to the discussion. Largely as irrelevant as claiming that it's not my software that's spying on you, it's your

> That's a pointless technicality and irrelevant to the discussion. Largely as irrelevant as claiming that it's not my software that's spying on you, it's your CPU and my software is just suggesting your CPU what to do. It would be irrelevant if we weren't talking about laws, but we are (GDPR). If I tell someone to kill themselves, should I be punished as if I had actually killed that person with my own hands? Obviously no. In fact, I shouldn't be punished at all for saying that. Some people might disagree, but those people either applying their moral values inconsistently or they want to live in a totalitarian regime. Technicalities are life or death when talking about law.