Silicon Valley is terrified of California’s privacy law

Re:Silicon Valley is terrified of California’s privacy law by whatshisface on Thursday September 19, 2019 @06:02PM (#21021171)

>It also shows a direct discrimination against poor and/or young people who might not afford the service.

As opposed to what, treating everybody badly? McDonalds discriminates between people who can afford a Big Mac and people who can't, and that's not a problem.

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Re:Silicon Valley is terrified of California’s privacy law by m463 on Thursday September 19, 2019 @08:47PM (#21022249)

Poor people can get other services at a discount, for instance electricity, internet or cable service.

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Re:Silicon Valley is terrified of California’s privacy law by aliveupstairs on Thursday September 19, 2019 @06:54PM (#21021560)

The internet is not the same as a food place. People expect and have gotten used to services for free. If you put a price tag on a software library, you obviously discriminate against students and poor people.

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Re:Silicon Valley is terrified of California’s privacy law by duckMuppet on Friday September 20, 2019 @02:43AM (#21023826)

Actually, it kinda is the same.

If you don't have the money to buy a big mac, you either eat a cheeseburger on the dollar menu or go home and cook a burger yourself.

If you don't have the money for the software library, you either choose a lesser library, or go write your own.

A larger problem however is many are considering the internet a fundamental human right, which it isn't. Might be nice to have, but a fundamental right it is not.

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