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> How about actually supporting the European Tech industry instead of just adding endless bureaucracy? Their power is to make rules, so they will make rules be
by TX0098812 5y ago
> How about actually supporting the European Tech industry instead of just adding endless bureaucracy?
Their power is to make rules, so they will make rules because it is all they know how to do. Leaving things alone is often the most difficult (and important) thing to do.
- csunbird 5y agowho cares about new rules when nobody is enforcing them. it has been 3 years since gdpr is in effect, but nobody actually cares, especially the U.S. tech giants.
- etripe 5y agoIf all you have is a ban hammer, everything looks like a flame? I'm not sure that criticism is entirely valid, as it looks at European institutions exclusively. Surely lobby groups and their perpetual pressure on legislators play a role, too, like they would for the US House and Senate. Even with that pressure, I suppose they could "leave well alone", but then they'd be seen as uncooperative and ignoring their constituents. I'd like to live in a world where legislators have competent cabinets and can be assumed to be reasonably well-informed, but for instance the Facebook hearings have shown there's a long way to go. Even non-technical issues show this to be true. Case in point: the UK and Dutch governments thinking they would solve the housing crisis by giving mortgage grants to starters. Expectation: case closed. Reality: housing prices surged even more due to the cash injection.