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Hate geoblocking EU sites. That's not the internet, that's "localnet".
by therealmarv 7y ago
Hate geoblocking EU sites. That's not the internet, that's "localnet".
- qiqitori 7y agoThat's okay, but in my opinion you should instead hate the laws that cause that kind of behavior. (The site doesn't geoblock Asia for example.) The law's intentions don't matter IMO -- just look at it this way: site operators not based in Europe and not targeting European users suddenly have to invest dozens or hundreds of hours of development to add significant (and most likely architecturally ugly) changes to their systems to accommodate highly unlikely requests from the occasional visitor from Europe, or risk breaking the law and risk not being able to set foot in Europe ever again. Geoblocking is easy to implement and most likely already in place because these sites aren't allowed to show their content in e.g. North Korea.
- Narew 7y agoWe must not hate the laws that protect our privacy. IMHO. But I'm agree with the fact it can demand more works to be compliant than just block EU.
- anoncake 7y agoYou never have to block the EU. The GDPR only applies if you're either based in the EU or specifically target European users.
- remify 7y agoYou don't need to steal you're readers personnal data to display ads on any website. The fact that you don't consider this reasonable says a lot about the state of our industry.
- anoncake 7y ago> site operators not based in Europe and not targeting European users suddenly have to... Bullshit.