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And this case is successful, we might see real repercussions this time around, instead of a wave of cookie banners. On the other hand, we might also see way mor
by lopis 4y ago
And this case is successful, we might see real repercussions this time around, instead of a wave of cookie banners. On the other hand, we might also see way more websites willing to straight-out block EU users from accessing them. And they won't be missed.
- nequo 4y agoBlocking a market of 447 million people simply because you need to ask them to click "agree" before you use their personal data (which most people do anyway) sounds like a bad business decision.
- lopis 4y agoAnd yet several companies did exactly that in 2018 after GDPR started being enforced in Europe.
- nequo 4y agoDo you have examples? Wikipedia[1] only mentions these: Instapaper (restored service in the EU in August 2018) Unroll.Me Klout (went defunct in 2018) The Chicago Tribune (local newspaper) The Los Angeles Times (local newspaper) [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Data_Protection_Regulation#Impact https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Data_Protection_Regula...
- miroljub 4y agoAs an EU citizen, I'll be happy if Meta would block me everywhere. Then I won't have to fiddle with various ad blocker and tracking blocker settings to make sure they are not getting anything from me.