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I'm happy to see this as the top post on Hacker News, though would wonder if anyone would be able to provide me with a summary of the article since $399 is a bi

I'm happy to see this as the top post on Hacker News, though would wonder if anyone would be able to provide me with a summary of the article since $399 is a bit steep for me (as in, I can afford it, but it's obviously WAY too much for what's promised by the title). I'd also be interested in case anyone has any thoughts on what the short or long-term outcome of the situation would be. Come to think of it, I'd like it if someone could give me a rough outline of GDPR at all. I'm a software developer working in Britain, and I reckon the local consequences are "the lawyers make lots of money", but am always keen to hear other viewpoints.

MattGaiser 6y ago
You can open it on Incognito mode.
Nextgrid 6y ago
At the moment, lawyers and all the scummy industry around the GDPR (whether it's advice/consulting or "consent management") are indeed the only ones making the money. There is very little enforcement and flawed solutions from the aforementioned industry are allowed to proliferate despite not actually being compliant (the majority of "consent management" solutions are in breach, so they are making money while not even helping their client become compliant).
- joering2 6y ago
  Another good page with stats [1] including this: $63 million in fines issued $57 million of that issued to Google [1] https://www.varonis.com/blog/gdpr-effect-review/ https://www.varonis.com/blog/gdpr-effect-review/
  - Nextgrid 6y ago
    > Google was hit with a fee of $57 million for not making it clear to users how they were harvesting data from the Google search engine, YouTube and Google Maps for personalized ads. This fine only amounts to .04% of Google’s yearly revenue. Not only does this not cover Google's main offense (tracking of users and non-users with Google Analytics even on non-Google properties) but the fine is so minimal that it's basically the cost of doing business. I wish people would stop bringing this one up.

MattGaiser 6y ago

You can open it on Incognito mode.

Nextgrid 6y ago

At the moment, lawyers and all the scummy industry around the GDPR (whether it's advice/consulting or "consent management") are indeed the only ones making the money. There is very little enforcement and flawed solutions from the aforementioned industry are allowed to proliferate despite not actually being compliant (the majority of "consent management" solutions are in breach, so they are making money while not even helping their client become compliant).

joering2 6y ago
Another good page with stats [1] including this: $63 million in fines issued $57 million of that issued to Google [1] https://www.varonis.com/blog/gdpr-effect-review/ https://www.varonis.com/blog/gdpr-effect-review/
- Nextgrid 6y ago
  > Google was hit with a fee of $57 million for not making it clear to users how they were harvesting data from the Google search engine, YouTube and Google Maps for personalized ads. This fine only amounts to .04% of Google’s yearly revenue. Not only does this not cover Google's main offense (tracking of users and non-users with Google Analytics even on non-Google properties) but the fine is so minimal that it's basically the cost of doing business. I wish people would stop bringing this one up.