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Tech Giants Withholding Products Because EU Regulation like GDPR (www.axios.com)
submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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Does this mean we dont get to be tracked, data mined, ad-bombed, and exploited while our teens dont get depressed and sick from "social" media?

Well, if thats the price we pay, thats the price we pay... :)

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[–] SlopppyEngineer 14 points 4 months ago

And the products they are threatening to withhold are exactly the products we don't want. Last time the tech giants threatened to leave entirely the EU asked when to plan the going away party. The current tactic from the giants isn't much better