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I don't like regulating tech, the internet should be free. No blocking, no censorship. I don't like banning TikTok, I don't like a lot of what the EU is doing w

I don't like regulating tech, the internet should be free. No blocking, no censorship. I don't like banning TikTok, I don't like a lot of what the EU is doing with big tech, even though I like neither TikTok nor big tech. It's principle and precedent. What should be regulated is foreign business activity, when Chinese companies try to register a regional subsidiary in the US for example. That should be possible, but with a company originating in China there should be precautions not to let the CCP have influence on the American company. Problem solved, and you don't turn the internet into a censored splinternet.

benfortuna 2y ago
A lot of what the EU is doing is to protect against predatory behaviour of big tech and others. People don't deserve to be exploited if they are not capable of protecting themselves in a "wild west" Internet.
- uyzstvqs 2y ago
  Of course. But what if I don't care? The problem is that there's no "I accept the risks, give me the unregulated version" button on the newer regulations. For example, there's Windows N edition, which complies with older EU regulation by not including media players and some other pre-installed apps. I can choose this edition, but if I don't care then I can also just choose regular Windows in the installer. That's great. I want this choice for all features "not available (yet) in the EU". Some foreign local news sites block all EU users because they don't want to deal with GDPR, and they can't really give me the option to continue anyway as far as I'm aware. That's a block, and I don't support that.
noxs 2y ago
because lawmakers never intended to ban TikTok and its content, that is just a cover for Preventing CCP from making money from it, it's not a good-will law for its people but rather for capitalist, which is why selling TikTok was also provided as an option.

benfortuna 2y ago

A lot of what the EU is doing is to protect against predatory behaviour of big tech and others. People don't deserve to be exploited if they are not capable of protecting themselves in a "wild west" Internet.

uyzstvqs 2y ago
Of course. But what if I don't care? The problem is that there's no "I accept the risks, give me the unregulated version" button on the newer regulations. For example, there's Windows N edition, which complies with older EU regulation by not including media players and some other pre-installed apps. I can choose this edition, but if I don't care then I can also just choose regular Windows in the installer. That's great. I want this choice for all features "not available (yet) in the EU". Some foreign local news sites block all EU users because they don't want to deal with GDPR, and they can't really give me the option to continue anyway as far as I'm aware. That's a block, and I don't support that.

noxs 2y ago

because lawmakers never intended to ban TikTok and its content, that is just a cover for Preventing CCP from making money from it, it's not a good-will law for its people but rather for capitalist, which is why selling TikTok was also provided as an option.