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The EU is not as altruistic as it seems, a lot of good looking policies are backed up by bad intentions. Not having the possibility of a 3rd party app store me
by voidr 2y ago
The EU is not as altruistic as it seems, a lot of good looking policies are backed up by bad intentions.
Not having the possibility of a 3rd party app store means that you can never have an app store in the EU, where the 30% stays in the EU.
I also don't believe that the EU is doing a great job, the cookie law didn't accomplish anything other than force companies to pay monthly for a cookie banner service and waste millions. GDPR failed, it just created legal black holes and it's now fine to transfer data to the US, rendering the whole thing ineffective.
I'm an EU citizen and I'm not sure if the EU would have been so keen on USB-C if Apple would have been a company in the EU. This talk about saving the environment fades away at the first sign of economical inconvenience.
- aeurielesn 2y agoAFAIK, there's no such thing as a cookie law, it's about PII consent. I'm fine knowing in advance how scummy a website is even before I use it by their dark patterns on cookie warnings and thousands of "legitimate interest" partners. Edit: People should stop whining about the cookie warnings and start being concerned that selling PII is such a common (and not even looked down upon) practice. It's disgusting.
- voidr 2y agoHaving annoying banners that cost a lot of money to make doesn't solve anything. If the EU would really care, they would outlaw these practices altogether. It is also very ironic that you have to record the consents in your database by generating a unique id for the visitors. Having technology illiterate people making laws about tech also doesn't help. Brave did way more for my privacy than the EU ever could.
- aeurielesn 2y agoI'm looking forward to the EU banning these practices altogether. Until then I'm happy to stop using sites that sell my PII. Good luck having Brave protect your PII.