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This is so weird, how is this legal? No other type of company just tacks on stuff to agreements and contracts and says “you want this” so how come US tech compa
by smcl 2y ago
This is so weird, how is this legal? No other type of company just tacks on stuff to agreements and contracts and says “you want this” so how come US tech companies are always getting away with it?
- renegade-otter 2y agoIronically, the same country in which corporations just won't shut up about "stifling regulations".
- garte 2y agoIt's off in Europe. So this is about missing regulation in the US.
- smcl 2y agoAhhh I thought they'd just roll the dice and hope the EU wouldn't bother. That's wild, Americans are getting fucked over like this :-/
- kcartlidge 2y agoAnd me too in the UK. It also only applies going forward, so the default opt-in means they've already taken what they want before we get a chance to say no. Though to be fair I never expected otherwise.