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by taysic 8y ago
Not an ad-free version but you have to provide one without personalized ads being used. Non-personalized ads make far less money than personalized.
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But if that person could get sent to jail for that, then I don't see why they would file a complaint.
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by taysic 8y ago
If you run a free website that depends on targeted ads to make money, you might want to expand to the EU but now you'd need to totally change your business model to do so. For some that would basically mean inventing a new company beca
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by taysic 8y ago
The question is - the sites that serve massive amount of content (images, videos, etc) - will they be able to cover their costs in the EU without making their apps paid? What about currently free games which rely on personalized ads?
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This is not an issue exclusive to the US. Simply look at all the back room sweetheart tax deals made in the EU with government officials.
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Conversely, people have also seen how some laws - like those protecting taxi drivers in this example - did nothing to help consumers. Not all regulations are being missed.
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Not really, all regulation will favor incumbents - its just that some may with worth it. And it's worth noting that not all regulation is universally seen as useful.
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That's not what I was referring to at all. I mean that the sentiment of 'probably'/'likely' from a random stranger online, to a business which might have EU users but never interacted with EU regulators doesn&#
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by taysic 8y ago
What would be in violation exactly? Not clear on this. How would regulators investigate? Do they require full access to your database/ backend?
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by taysic 8y ago
Does GDPR make it illegal to shut a site down for a period of time? While they are shut down, what could be noticeable that they are not complying with?
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by taysic 8y ago
If they were smart about how transparent a business needed to be, I don't think it would be toothless at all. It would have given users more information about what is happening behind the scenes and allowed them to make their own decis
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by taysic 8y ago
But what would you be violating exactly? How could those violations be detected? It seems if the EU is so generous in not wanting to fine and you and walking you through the process, then shutting down would look like a reasonable thing to
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by taysic 8y ago
GDPR could have safeguarded data by demanding more transparency, still allowing apps to accept data as a form of payment through personalized ads. It's not obvious why they are requiring apps to provide the same service for free '
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by taysic 8y ago
Not addicted (?) - just willing to be targeted by personalized ads.
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Running on 'i would be really surprised if', and 'aren't likely to be' aren't really how businesses work.
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by taysic 8y ago
But what if those apps could survive if they were allowed to ask for your private data or a payment? That wouldn't infringe on anyone's rights as far as I can tell.
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by taysic 8y ago
You are supposed to offer access to your service 'without detriment'. A popup that you cannot close blocking half the page sounds like 'detriment' to me. Also you need a clear way to say no.
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by taysic 8y ago
Shrinks profits or destroys their business model (ie apps/games that people wouldn't buy but survive well on targeted advertising)
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by taysic 8y ago
There are some services that wouldn't exist if it wasn't for targeted advertising. Instagram may have millions of users in the EU but how many would pay for the service? The number that would probably would not be enough to sustai
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by taysic 8y ago
Except if you had targeted advertising you now need to allow users to use the same service without targeting. (ie 'without detriment')
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by taysic 8y ago
It seems most of their GDPR user facing changes have been made: https://techcrunch.com/2018/04/17/facebook-gdpr-changes/
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by taysic 8y ago
> If your business just sells a useful service at a reasonable price while respecting user privacy, you've got very little to worry about. What about games/apps people would never pay for but they would be ok with getting targe
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by taysic 8y ago
I propose allowing people to use their private data as a form of monetary exchange. Iow, GDPR disallows apps/sites to ask a user if they would allow targeted advertising or would like to pay for the app. There is no good reason for thi
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by taysic 8y ago
You have to be very explicit and clear about what you data you are handing over in GDPR and how it will be used. Making an account usually does not have that information. Additionally, you need to give a person an option to not hand over th
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by taysic 8y ago
It already is merit based but if they were to rank people based on merit very specifically, it would be extremely subjective and likely highly inaccurate. People already lie / stretch their case and it would just be 100x. The gov shoul
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by taysic 8y ago
Is this due to QE? edit: I am wondering about why the money supply has increased 50%. Wouldn't that require a massive printing of money?
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by taysic 8y ago
Not OP but I'm also very skeptical something like GDPR would pass in the US. While people may be concerned about social media, polls show the majority of people are not in support of adding more regulation on the industry: https:&#x2F
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by taysic 8y ago
Not at all - the gov often concentrates power because they make the laws. This is what happens in regulatory capture - a company can ensure themselves a monopoly / advantages through the right laws in a way they could never guarantee i
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by taysic 8y ago
Not sure - but a question is who would buy a building that barely makes any profit due to a large portion of rent controlled units there? Possibly the type of person who thinks they could make a profit where others wouldn't - ie try an
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by taysic 8y ago
Lawsuits or stricter laws have a cost too - even good landlords need to calculate that into their cost of doing business (of getting sued). Once the cost becomes too high, if landlords cannot sell their buildings, they simply abandon them.

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