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If enough people do that they’ll start making them require an internet connection to function.
by argella 5y ago
If enough people do that they’ll start making them require an internet connection to function.
- cgriswald 5y agoI'd bet on either hidden cell connections or special subscription incentives.
- esperent 5y agoI wonder if that would run foul of GDPR and related laws in the EU?
- aix1 5y agoI don't quite see the connection between GDPR and requiring Internet to function. Could you elaborate on your thinking here?
- yywwbbn 5y agoWell even with internet they couldn’t legally collect any user data without an explicit permission let alone sell it to third parties.
- Aachen 5y agoYou mean just like websites need to ask for consent for nonessential data processing and about a hundred and fifty different ad networks are forced enabled as legitimate interest in the consent screen? Seems to me that GDPR wasn't strong enough to actually beat adtech