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1. Homicide was made illegal 2. Enforcement corps complied 3. Hitmen's job got harder

• scarface74 4y ago
  The hitmen (using your analogy are the websites that track) are still killing just as many people. But now it’s just making it harder to drink a glass of water. Are the two sentences completely uncorrelated? Yes, so is the effect of the GDPR on websites.
  • peoplefromibiza 4y ago
    > are still killing just as many people [citation needed] I wonder why Facebook tried to bypass GDPR if it's of no use https://noyb.eu/en/irish-dpc-removes-noyb-gdpr-procedure-criminal-report-filed https://noyb.eu/en/irish-dpc-removes-noyb-gdpr-procedure-cri...
    • scarface74 4y ago
      Well, it’s simple. Did Facebook announce any ill effects during it quarterly results caused by GDPR? No. Did they announce a decline in revenue caused by Apple’s ad tracking transparency - yes by the tune of billions and they called that out as the reason,
      • peoplefromibiza 4y ago
        > Did Facebook announce any ill effects during it quarterly results caused by GDPR? classic non sequitur. What would have happened without it? Do you have hard numbers? No. Anyway, looks like looking for the data was too difficult, with the whole Internet at your disposal. So I did it for you. https://techcrunch.com/2022/04/27/facebook-leaked-ads-document-meta-gdpr/ https://techcrunch.com/2022/04/27/facebook-leaked-ads-docume...