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privacy legislation would just solve the problem by itself though.

• ceejayoz 5mo ago
  They've been thumbing their noses at EU privacy legislation and fines for quite some time already.
  • arijun 5mo ago
    What does thumbing their noses mean? They have been paying while continuing their behavior, or not paying at all? The first seems like it could be resolved with an escalating fine schedule, and the second could be mitigated by requiring Apple/Google to remove it from the app store (one of the rare cases walled gardens are on consumers' side).
    • ceejayoz 5mo ago
      > What does thumbing their noses mean? They have been paying while continuing their behavior, or not paying at all? Malicious compliance. For example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_Games_v._Apple https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_Games_v._Apple "While Apple implemented App Store policies to allow developers to link to alternative payment options, the policies still required the developer to provide a 27% revenue share back to Apple, and heavily restricted how they could be shown in apps. Epic filed complaints that these changes violated the ruling, and in April 2025 Rogers found for Epic that Apple had willfully violated her injunction, placing further restrictions on Apple including banning them from collecting revenue shares from non-Apple payment methods or imposing any restrictions on links to such alternative payment options. Though Apple is appealing this latest ruling, they approved the return of Fortnite with its third-party payment system to the App Store in May 2025." Or https://developer.apple.com/support/dma-and-apps-in-the-eu/ https://developer.apple.com/support/dma-and-apps-in-the-eu/ "UPDATE: Previously, Apple announced plans to remove the Home Screen web apps capability in the EU as part of our efforts to comply with the DMA." (This one resulted in enough fuss they backed down.)
      • arijun 5mo ago
        Ah you mean generally, not in this specific case.
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• Zak 5mo ago
  Privacy legislation by itself does not solve the problem; what Flo did was already illegal. Effective enforcement is also necessary.
  • kortex 5mo ago
    They need to make an example out of these companies. If your whole business model is built around handling sensitive data, and you are caught shipping off that data to brokers, you should be liquidated or at least fined to within an inch of bankruptcy, as basically all of your profits are a sham.
    • inetknght 5mo ago
      Fined into bankruptcy and all managers up to and including the CEO criminally charged.
      • bombcar 5mo ago
        There needs to be penalties that piece the "limited liability" because otherwise it's just "pay to get away with it" as we currently have. I've been for a "corporate death penalty" (if companies are people, they can be executed) which would result in the shareholders losing everything along with executives being perp-walked.
        • ndriscoll 5mo ago
          Not just executives. They don't will these things into existence. Someone had to build functionality to send user data to Facebook.
          • philipallstar 5mo ago
            Not to side with this behaviour, but I think if you consent to it in the Ts & Cs then it's legal. And that makes sense - otherwise how else do you agree to things or not agree to them?
• krystalgamer 5mo ago
  "would just solve", lol.
• ceejayoz 5mo ago
  > privacy legislation would just solve the problem by itself though Just like banning drugs and murder did!