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"Some lawmaker" is democracy. The point is that people are pissed off about the addictive UX, same as cigarettes, and candy. If you want to make a serious argum
by scoofy 3mo ago
"Some lawmaker" is democracy. The point is that people are pissed off about the addictive UX, same as cigarettes, and candy. If you want to make a serious argument, just argue that you should be able to opt out, which is an entirely reasonable position.
- iamnothere 3mo agoDemocracy is bound by the limits of the Constitution, outside of an amendment or a revolution. (Note that the latter is usually considered a Bad Thing; occasionally it works out for the better, but just as often for the worse.)
- dudefeliciano 3mo agothe EU doesn't have a constitution
- ben_w 3mo agoIt does, it's just not the US constitution: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaties_of_the_European_Union https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaties_of_the_European_Union
- dudefeliciano 3mo agoRight, it has a set of treaties, not a unified constitution. And there have been a number of cases in which member state laws clashed with EU laws: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primacy_of_European_Union_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primacy_of_European_Union_law
- iamnothere 3mo agoIs CA in the US or the EU? Didn’t think so, and we didn’t ask for your opinion
- dudefeliciano 3mo ago> This is EU Cookies Banner level of state interference making UX worse for everyone A couple of comments up in this thread.