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You state that as if it is fact despite there being no evidence to support that viewpoint.
by macrocosmos 2y ago
You state that as if it is fact despite there being no evidence to support that viewpoint.
- frollogaston 2y agoPlease don't "source?" this, it's just a viewpoint.
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- macrocosmos 2y agoWe’re in agreement that it is a viewpoint. I think it’s bad for productive conversation to state viewpoints as absolute facts that everyone else holds.
- frollogaston 2y agoThen I'm guilty of this too.
- _aavaa_ 2y agoEmphasizing voting with your wallet means those with the most money dictate how things work. Google and Apple vote with their wallet all the time. When they’re buying competitors, buying preferential treatment for each other, and buying law makers and regulators. We aren’t going to out bid them on any of these things. We have to make it illegal, and vote in people who will enforce the laws.
- shakna 2y agoIs not the EU's regulations largely successful? Some have underestimated maliscious compliance, but for most.
- nickff 2y agoIt depends on how you define success; the EU has certainly managed to achieve a great deal of standardization and compliance, at the cost of rate of progress and business model innovation. You might think this is a worthwhile trade off, but people differ in their priorities.
- shakna 2y agoFewer deaths, higher quality of life, more job security. Seems like for the average person, the trade off is well worth it.
- _aavaa_ 2y ago> business model innovation The OpenAI grift, the Facebook & Google stalking advertising, the Uber “independent contractors”, and the Amazon two-for of workers pissing in bottles and squeezing your suppliers so prices rise everywhere. Yes, what a loss for the EU.
- realusername 2y agoCitations needed. The DSA never applied to a single EU company and GDPR is the bare minimum on user privacy. And by the time the EU attempted any of those, we already had the duopoly and the competition was already dead.
- Defletter 2y ago> at the cost of rate of progress and business model innovation That's a pretty massive claim. Do you have any examples of this?
- frollogaston 2y agoTheir entire tech sector compared to the US or China
- Defletter 2y agoGoodness, how specific.