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Re:Your Mother’s Maiden Name Is Not a Secret by TeMPOraL on Sunday December 31, 2017 @04:08AM (#16039925)
> EU is trying to solve a bunch of things through legislation which the market should be solving on it it's own.

Maybe because they know that the market doesn't solve such problems, it only makes them worse. Market players profit from creating barriers for customers and keeping the system balkanized; it takes a strong actor outside of that market to force a common standard.

See also: why sending files directly between a computer running Apple's OS and one running Microsoft's OS is so ridiculously complicated.

Re:Your Mother’s Maiden Name Is Not a Secret by nsgi on Sunday December 31, 2017 @05:47AM (#16040107)
Is it? Both support SMB.
Re:Your Mother’s Maiden Name Is Not a Secret by TeMPOraL on Sunday December 31, 2017 @04:55PM (#16043216)
Can your grandpa handle it?
Re:Your Mother’s Maiden Name Is Not a Secret by ThomPete on Monday January 01, 2018 @02:56PM (#16047703)
It haven't put the EU in any better position than the US.