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Nobody is arguing against data privacy. It's how that's done which is the problem with GDPR. If you call every criticism of bad regulation as a defense of "abus

Nobody is arguing against data privacy. It's how that's done which is the problem with GDPR. If you call every criticism of bad regulation as a defense of "abuse of personal data" then it's nothing more than an emotional argument. Adtech powers the internet and lets 99% of the content exist. Let's avoid the endless conversations over it. If you want every company to be treated the same, then every industry should be too.

TeMPOraL 7y ago
I don't find much bad with GDPR. You can call this an emotional argument, but for me, it's a difference of priorities. I do believe GDPR is right and creating regulatory friction in the marketplace isn't something to be avoided at all costs - in particular, it's desirable when the regulated behavior is potentially harmful. RE adtech, I don't think we can avoid this conversation as long as all the problems this industry is causing persist. And I don't want to have every industry treated the same. In my books, adtech is right there with selling hard drugs on street corners, and factories polluting rivers; I'm fine with getting rid of all of them. I do not want that industry to grow. As for the "99% of the content", I'd honest to god happily see it disappear. It's mostly garbage that wastes people time; in particular, mass-produced content marketing tends to have negative information value, making people wronger than they were before reading it.
- manigandham 7y ago
  Again, it's not about the regulation or privacy. It's about how the regulation actually works and the processes and procedures it requires that are being debated, with the current implementation being a poor example that isn't really having the intended effect. > "adtech is right there with selling hard drugs on street corners, and factories polluting rivers" Those aren't industries and the trillion-dollar market caps of advertising companies speak to commercial value. The world is more than just you, so you don't speak for everyone and your singular interests do not matter at all in this discussion and you use an adblocker or stay off the internet if you want. I always take the time to have in-depth conversations about adtech here but you haven't said anything other than state an emotional position about what you want the world to be like. That leaves nothing to discuss.

TeMPOraL 7y ago

I don't find much bad with GDPR. You can call this an emotional argument, but for me, it's a difference of priorities. I do believe GDPR is right and creating regulatory friction in the marketplace isn't something to be avoided at all costs - in particular, it's desirable when the regulated behavior is potentially harmful. RE adtech, I don't think we can avoid this conversation as long as all the problems this industry is causing persist. And I don't want to have every industry treated the same. In my books, adtech is right there with selling hard drugs on street corners, and factories polluting rivers; I'm fine with getting rid of all of them. I do not want that industry to grow. As for the "99% of the content", I'd honest to god happily see it disappear. It's mostly garbage that wastes people time; in particular, mass-produced content marketing tends to have negative information value, making people wronger than they were before reading it.

manigandham 7y ago
Again, it's not about the regulation or privacy. It's about how the regulation actually works and the processes and procedures it requires that are being debated, with the current implementation being a poor example that isn't really having the intended effect. > "adtech is right there with selling hard drugs on street corners, and factories polluting rivers" Those aren't industries and the trillion-dollar market caps of advertising companies speak to commercial value. The world is more than just you, so you don't speak for everyone and your singular interests do not matter at all in this discussion and you use an adblocker or stay off the internet if you want. I always take the time to have in-depth conversations about adtech here but you haven't said anything other than state an emotional position about what you want the world to be like. That leaves nothing to discuss.