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I completely agree with what the EU have done so far on a mostly positive front. But at the same time all governments and unions seem to regress to measures whi
by iasay 4y ago
I completely agree with what the EU have done so far on a mostly positive front. But at the same time all governments and unions seem to regress to measures which lead to worse consumer protection and a worse security and privacy outcome in the long term.
I can't possibly support a union that wants technical censorship measures introduced while crowing that they are privacy focused.
And then there's the removal of the control point on the Apple App Store, which is admittedly bad for business but the best outcome for consumers as it allows them to control over billing in once place. The proposed outcome of opening the billing is corporate interest focused rather than customer focused and will only harm the latter.
And of course there's what they didn't bother to do. No one is perfect but some of the recent shifts are stupid and force an EU centric view on technology. This is the region that sold out all of its technical capacity (Philips, Nokia etc) without even blinking an eye on the regulation front and is now complaining when US tech companies step into the gap in the market they created. Hypocrisy is what it is.
I can't support a singular organisation which does so much good and so much stupid at the same time. It needs to be broken down into separate bodies as it's a monopoly itself.