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Call me cynical but more regulation like this only serves to further entrench the existing (quasi-)monopolies by increasing the barriers for new entrants. Espe
by 4cao 6y ago
Call me cynical but more regulation like this only serves to further entrench the existing (quasi-)monopolies by increasing the barriers for new entrants.
Especially the focus on "illegal" content and political advertising only (as opposed to, say, advertising as such) makes it appear not as an attempt to improve the situation in general, but rather to carve a bigger slice of the extant lucrative pie for certain interest groups.
> EDPS said gatekeepers should provide an easy and accessible way for users to consent or decline the use of their personal data by the companies for their other services, and that there should be tests to ensure personal data is effectively anonymous.
Users will consent to anything, especially if they have no choice, and any tests can and will be gamed. Ultimately if the problem is to be solved it would require a more novel approach than this.
> The proposed European Commission rules will need to be discussed with EU countries and EU lawmakers before they become law, a process which will take 16-24 months.
The implementation deadline seems excessively long to me. A lot can change within this timeframe, rendering the laws obsolete before they even come into force.
- qertoip 6y ago100%.
- betterunix2 6y agoYup, that is exactly how it worked with GDPR: big companies can easily afford the cost of compliance while smaller competitors struggle.
- Avamander 6y agoCan you provide any citations for that claim?
- M2Ys4U 6y ago> Call me cynical but more regulation like this only serves to further entrench the existing (quasi-)monopolies by increasing the barriers for new entrants. Have you actually read the proposals? I don't mean that in a snarky way, but you're never going to be able to figure that out from a couple of lines in a wire report. For instance: it's not mentioned in this article, but the proposals add extra conditions on Very Large Online Platforms (VLOPs) which wouldn't apply to smaller entities. The definition of a VLOP would be one that reaches > 10% of the entire EU population (~45 million). >The implementation deadline seems excessively long to me. A lot can change within this timeframe, rendering the laws obsolete before they even come into force. It's not like this is now law and the EU will be sitting around for 2 years. The DSM and DMA are just legislative proposals which need to be considered (and almost certainly amended) by the European Parliament and the Council of the EU before they can become law. Large, impactful legislation shouldn't just be plonked on the statute book by the executive.