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Re:GDPR: US news sites unavailable to EU users over data pro... by lajhsdfkl on Friday May 25, 2018 @12:55PM (#17155566)
>Obviously if ads are less targeted then they may be less effective so advertisers will make less on ads that cost more. This will hurt their bottom line, which in turn will make the products we buy more expensive. But that's exactly the end goal. I want to pay for things (information, products) with more money rather than with slightly less money and all my integrity.

I'm sure you considered all the poor people across the world that are subsidized by the ad driven model we use today. What we truly need on the internet is data gated behind pay walls to protect important information such as which facebook groups you clicked like on.

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Re:GDPR: US news sites unavailable to EU users over data pro... by danieldk on Friday May 25, 2018 @01:35PM (#17156069)
I'm sure you considered all the poor people across the world that are subsidized by the ad driven model we use today.

A lot of them are poor, because we don't want to pay a decent amount for the products that we consume and instead rely on people working in sweatshops in third-world countries.

You don't solve poverty by giving them 'free' products that require them to give you all their private data. You solve poverty by giving people a decent wage, so that they make these decisions themselves.

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Re:GDPR: US news sites unavailable to EU users over data pro... by jimmaswell on Friday May 25, 2018 @02:27PM (#17156562)
This is a false dilemma. There's no reason we can't both work towards better wages for everybody and support cheaper services for poor people in the meantime.
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Re:GDPR: US news sites unavailable to EU users over data pro... by amaccuish on Friday May 25, 2018 @02:37PM (#17156668)
So us having our right to privacy using paywalls, means that we deprive those less well off of valuable information. Or everyone forfeits their right to privacy for free stuff. I'm sure there's a middle ground here.
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