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sign one more geo region to block. One more region to remember. Internet is becoming fragmented. :-(
by egorfine 1y ago
sign one more geo region to block. One more region to remember.
Internet is becoming fragmented. :-(
- cosmic_cheese 1y agoGeoblocking the economy that’s the largest in the US and fourth largest in the world (if it were a country) over some kid gloves regulations would be phenomenally stupid.
- egorfine 1y agoWhat else I could possibly do if complying is not technically possible?
- happyopossum 1y agoIt’s not technically possible to publish a couple of documents?
- thereisnospork 1y agoWhich documents? Which are comprehensively listed where? With what indemnification for a good faith effort?
- serf 1y agothat's a ridiculous stance to take, and you could take it all day -- regulations change on the net daily, it's a full time job being totally compliant, that's why people make money (..or attempt to..) while doing it.
- mothballed 1y agoEven better for the company if those people have worked for or have friends in regulatory agency. To, uh, make sure they did it right.
- hopelite 1y agoThat is just one of the issues, administrative bloat and drag; not even to mention that it is very likely that those kinds of administrative burdens are what crushes innovation and, more importantly to the established players, competition. It is why it is known that the established large players often encourage administrative hurdles and red tape because they are established and in many cases they can just pass on the cost of administrative burdens to the consumer.
- micromacrofoot 1y agolol no one's going to geoblock california
- egorfine 1y agoWhat else I could possibly do if complying is not technically possible?
- micromacrofoot 1y agowell certainly not geoblock a lot of your customers maybe your situation is different, but if we geoblocked all of california we'd go out of business within a year
- AnthonyMouse 1y agoFor global companies, California is less than 40 million people out of more than 8 billion. For regionally concentrated companies, they only have to care if the region they're concentrated in is California. For everyone else, losing a fraction of a percent of the customer base in exchange for lower compliance costs and legal risks is often completely logical.
- egorfine 1y agoYeah I am with you here, but what else is to be done if legislation is passed that is impossible to comply with? Like in UK.
- micromacrofoot 1y agoThe GDPR and other laws were really hammed up by consultants and lawyers looking to make a lot of money claiming it was really difficult to do right, but in my experience it's incredibly overblown. Most of who's getting caught up in these laws are very large companies that could comply but consistently don't put forth effort to do so after repeated complaints. Even if you do fall under the eye of regulators (most won't ever) if you show that you're putting forth a good faith effort to comply it's not a big deal.
- jrflowers 1y agoYou are geoblocking California from your AI company? That’s pretty significant. How much business did your AI company do in California before this news?