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The threshold is nowhere near close. You forget that these companies already operate in China which is a massive pain in the backside for all involved. The on
by chippiewill 3y ago
The threshold is nowhere near close.
You forget that these companies already operate in China which is a massive pain in the backside for all involved.
The only reason why a company might threaten to pull out is if they wanted to stop other countries getting similar ideas.
- aurareturn 3y agoChina isn’t threatening Apple’s entire App Store model though.
- Rinzler89 3y agoThe point of the EU is to protect consumers and small businesses, not the business of multi trillion dollar market leaders who engage in anti-competitive practices. Maybe Apple should focus back on making money through innovation instead of coasting on rent seeking.
- aurareturn 3y agoIf EU is so good at promoting innovation and competition, why couldn’t they compete at all in hardware, software, and AI? If they’re so good at dissuading gate keepers, then why is LVMH everywhere and so dominant in luxury goods? Why is it that every single glasses shop in every mall is owned by Luxottica no matter the brand. The truth is that EU is not good at promoting competition. They’re good at preventing innovation. They’re good at protectionist policies. How many more cookie prompts do people have to click because of idiotic EU laws?
- vages 3y agoI recommend the article “Facing reality about the EU is a core requirement for good management”: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39602417 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39602417
- viraptor 3y ago> why couldn’t they compete at all in hardware, Like Arm? Or raspberry pi? (Both existed pre-exit) > software, Too many companies to list. > and AI? Like Mistral? > How many more cookie prompts do people have to click because of idiotic EU laws? It's up to the companies. Every time you see a banner it means the company values selling your information more than pissing you off. We could have no banners right now.
- Isn0gud 3y agoCookie prompts is the best example of bad faith compliance. Please inform yourself and don't spread this narritive further.
- YetAnotherNick 3y agoIMO if anything it's the opposite. EU could have made law to respect DNT header if they wanted privacy but they won't because it would hurt "their" companies. Instead they tried to be super vague and preferentially sue companies who they have qualms with and the companies which they could get money from. My previous company hired a lawyer from EU for sorting out GDPR, and even according to him the law didn't prevented all things which hurts privacy like a normal person will assume.
- doublepg23 3y agoI am once again posting the EU official site using cookie pop-ups https://european-union.europa.eu/index_en https://european-union.europa.eu/index_en
- maxcoder4 3y ago>The 3 types of first-party cookie we use are to: >(...) >gather analytics data (about user behaviour). Well they do collect user data using third party services. A bit disappointing, but banners seem to be necessary in this case.
- doublepg23 3y agoQuoting OP > Cookie prompts is the best example of bad faith compliance If cookie prompts are used by both by the official EU and GDPR sites then that was clearly the intent of the law.
- aurareturn 3y agoYou can’t argue with cookie prompt lovers. They love clicking on those useless buttons.
- amadeuspagel 3y agoThey kind of do with WeChat.
- aurareturn 3y agoExample? Anyone can make an app like WeChat with mini programs inside. No one has exceeded because people in the west simply don’t want that ui.
- resolutebat 3y agoVirtually all Meta and Google services are blocked in China. Only Apple has significant consumer presence (and manufacturing) there.