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Ok, then EU shall not have a free option on any of my services. Pay or GTFO. Harms the poor, IMO, but at least the poor's privacy will be protected from ad comp
by umvi 7y ago
Ok, then EU shall not have a free option on any of my services. Pay or GTFO. Harms the poor, IMO, but at least the poor's privacy will be protected from ad companies.
- PeterisP 7y agoEveryone's privacy will be protected - the same consent restrictions will also apply to your paid customers. Free webservices are not the majority of the world's businesses, a big part of why GDPR was needed is because all the paid online and offline services also traded all their subscriber private data; and with GDPR you can't just have a line in your paid service terms&conditions that allows you to screw their privacy.
- umvi 7y agoYes, I understand that. However, do you acknowledge that current monetization methods for "free tiers" of services generally involve cookies/tracking? If so, you also acknowledge said free tiers must go away if the service is to operate in EU, correct? If so, wouldn't you agree the EU poor will have access to fewer online services than their USA peers?
- wlll 7y ago> do you acknowledge that current monetization methods for "free tiers" of services generally involve cookies/tracking? I guess it depends wether you consider free plans to be a loss leader for the paid plans. If you don't want to operate a free service that is without tracking, then don't. No-one is forcing you to, but you should be aware that you still need to follow the law for paying users too.
- ryandrake 7y agoI think the whole conclusion of this thread is that "Pay or GTFO" is perfectly acceptable and legal, but "Consent to tracking or GTFO" is not.