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by nickpp 3y ago
> What does happen is they sell your data to companies I don't know, more personalized ads?! > foreign governments > Take tiktok for example TikTok's is a foreign government operation. > steer discussion and politics o
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I believe there are European-based low-cost ETFs that closely mirror the US ones. Both from Vanguard (VWCE, VWRA come to mind) and BlackRock (IWDA).
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I think we're only worried about our data in the hands of governments. So maybe we should make that illegal - but of course governments would never pass a law like that, against their own interest...
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> give us the lifestyle we want Actually, they do. Companies and their employees all over the world are giving us the products and services we want. In exchange we're freely giving them our money and/or some "data". W
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Let me get this straight: you're afraid people would rob/kidnap you or your children using data stored by the Big Tech?! Any instance when this actually happened? Would't it be easier to just watch your house for a week from
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I wouldn't even consider starting a business in a heavily regulated field. I can (and I did) fight any competitors, no matter how big they are, using my ideas, creativity, network and hard work. It's not easy, but it's doab
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Are you saying the average american doesn't have a disposable monthly $100? That is demonstrably false - the statistics about current income and life costs paint the opposite picture: not only Americans but average people all over wo
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> significant disposable income B.S. Last time I checked, accounts at most online brokers were free. And they even allowed purchase of fractional share - so you could start investing with 100 bucks. As long as you do save that $100 and n
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> How is discouraging monopolistic practices going to line the pockets Three easy ways come to mind: 1) Play the stock market using the insider info on decisions and regulations politicians know well in advance. 2) Regulations and laws o
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Anybody can make money by owning - and we do. It's called investing and it's also how pension funds work. Tilting the tax code against us is tilting it against the people and for politicians, unchecked bureaucrats with their unc
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> I will never understand why people are out there falling over each other to be the white knight for a company Because a company is giving us awesome products and services which we willingly spend our hard-earned money for. It's
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Incidentally, Paul's advice is the best advice I heard for maximising your luck surface area. You know that saying: luck is where preparation meets opportunity. I don't know anybody impoverished from trying to build something. Eve
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Do you have an actual argument or are you here just to call others liars?
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Isn't Cannabis now a socially accepted and provided good in much of the Western world?
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Which step is: "Build a search engine so good all nerds on the early Internet abandon AltaVista and switch to it, no marketing required."?
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I wonder: what better advice, that optimizes for individual outcomes, would you offer founders-to-be instead?
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Are you a lawyer? Are you willing to assume the liability I may incur if I follow your advice? Or are you at least a business owner/manager who's had to deal with this crap? Or are you in the peanut gallery willing to believe that
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by nickpp 3y ago
You are correct: implementing GDPR correctly is much, much harder and more expensive than people realise. Cookie banners are just the tip of the iceberg. A few things not allowed under GDPR: 1. Analytics 2. Third-party resources like fonts
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> it's certainly not illogical Please describe the mechanism then. > are you sure it wouldn't have existed I know it ended since I am still friends with the owner: the labor regulations become so onerous he gave up on havi
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> naive and ignorant people who don't understand Aren’t you a bit presumptuous? Do you consider yourself as knowing better than them what is best for them? Do you think that you know how to run their life better? Why? Do you think t
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> Better late than never. Most likely too late as we kept burning fossil fuels too long and we are now facing the danger of civilization-ending climate change. All thanks to doomer propaganda like whatshisface's. Amazing how powerfu
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All companies exist just to make a buck. And in the process they serve us with literally every single product and service we are using every second of every day. They play by the rules we put on them, making their life easier or harder, a
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Again: are you a lawyer?! If not, in what quality are you advising businesses how to implement such a dangerous law? Have you seen the magnitude of the potential punishment? Will you cover my fines if you're wrong?
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Any source for those allegations or is it only your imagination?
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> companies to be even worse assholes All companies? Every single company with a website even if without any trackers or ads?! All companies are evil and the single law that triggered their evil behaviour is good. Sure. Ever heard of O
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> You don’t need to inform people you are using cookies. Are you a lawyer? Are you willing to assume the liability I may incur if I follow your advice?
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> Companies are under no legal obligation to make those banners as obnoxious as they are Actually every single lawyer we asked about implementing GDPR advised us to have one of those obnoxious banners. Because the law is so ambiguous and
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> I'm pretty sure you'd find that they actually reduced exploitation Correlation is not causation. It would be illogical to remove options and have less exploitation. When luck and free markets compensate for the removed opti
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Do you think removing people’s options will result in less exploitation or more?
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Imagine not having a clue what you are talking about. I am a dev in EU. What you are calling "malicious compliance cookie popup" is what every single lawyer is advising every single company with a regular website to implement. Eve

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