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Re:The Data Transfer Project by stevenicr on Saturday July 21, 2018 @02:18AM (#17580946)
I am guessing self regulation to avoid Cali and Euro style for the people regulation.

Also our monopolies can be ported easily so there is no need to call us a monopoly or keep mentioning things like make us a public utility that has to follow anyone's rules but our own.

Some positive PR in the sea of "they are evil for this and that and that and..." - hey we're open.

The GDPR thing has a mandate in it that personal data must be exportable doesn't it? So, two birds, one stone, add some positive PR.

Just guessing..

Lets hope this doesn't turn out how G and Fb bragged about xmpp or whatever until they didn't need it any more and then your data and comms stopped being as interchangeable as it once was.

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Re:The Data Transfer Project by tannhaeuser on Saturday July 21, 2018 @02:26AM (#17580960)
I think the GDPR mandates that you can view your personal data, but doesn't require a specific format. I'd expect the motivation for this to be more like generating growth, or as a token initiative for data exchange standards.
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