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Why not? They already ruined the web browsing experience of hundreds of millions of europeans with their brain dead GDPR/cookie law/privacy note crapola. And t

by nickpp 5y ago

Why not? They already ruined the web browsing experience of hundreds of millions of europeans with their brain dead GDPR/cookie law/privacy note crapola. And they are also busy ruining chat encryption in the name of our own safety, app stores in the name of anti-trust and online ad business in the name of… whatever. The European Union - those who can’t innovate, regulate.

Bayart 5y ago
>The European Union - those who can’t innovate, regulate. What a putrid aphorism. Law is a field of innovation itself.
- xbar 5y ago
  1. Yes. It is both putrid and inaccurate. 2. Is this law actually innovative? Yes. It is an example of novel EU overreach. If I am Japanese citizen operating a root DNS server in Kyoto, why am I suddenly subject to EU regulation and scrutiny? This is new. EU regulators are innovative. I can think of a lot of other innovators like them. I haven't recalled any that I like. Can you?
  - kazen44 5y ago
    lets see: - intra eu Banking which is decades ahead of the US[1] - having universal driving licenses and ID cards valid throughout a continent and beyond[2] 3: High standards of food safety [3] i could name a couple more, but i get you get the point. 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_Euro_Payments_Area https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_Euro_Payments_Area 2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_driving_licence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_driving_licence 3: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/summary/chapter/30.html https://eur-lex.europa.eu/summary/chapter/30.html
  - Dah00n 5y ago
    >If I am Japanese citizen operating a root DNS server in Kyoto, why am I suddenly subject to EU regulation and scrutiny? This is new. No it isn't. If Facebook targets EU citizens it's under EU law no matter where it is located. It's the same the other way around. The only difference is that US companies are used to do what ever they want.

by nickpp 5y ago

Bayart 5y ago

>The European Union - those who can’t innovate, regulate. What a putrid aphorism. Law is a field of innovation itself.

xbar 5y ago
1. Yes. It is both putrid and inaccurate. 2. Is this law actually innovative? Yes. It is an example of novel EU overreach. If I am Japanese citizen operating a root DNS server in Kyoto, why am I suddenly subject to EU regulation and scrutiny? This is new. EU regulators are innovative. I can think of a lot of other innovators like them. I haven't recalled any that I like. Can you?
- kazen44 5y ago
  lets see: - intra eu Banking which is decades ahead of the US[1] - having universal driving licenses and ID cards valid throughout a continent and beyond[2] 3: High standards of food safety [3] i could name a couple more, but i get you get the point. 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_Euro_Payments_Area https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_Euro_Payments_Area 2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_driving_licence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_driving_licence 3: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/summary/chapter/30.html https://eur-lex.europa.eu/summary/chapter/30.html
- Dah00n 5y ago
  >If I am Japanese citizen operating a root DNS server in Kyoto, why am I suddenly subject to EU regulation and scrutiny? This is new. No it isn't. If Facebook targets EU citizens it's under EU law no matter where it is located. It's the same the other way around. The only difference is that US companies are used to do what ever they want.