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Re:Silicon Valley is terrified of California’s privacy law by umvi on Thursday September 19, 2019 @10:50PM (#21022890)
He's saying being able to "opt out" is absurd. It's equivalent to getting the product for free in most cases.

"Hey, I want to use your free service but I want to go ahead and opt out of the part that enables it to be free" You don't see a problem with that?

It would be like if there were a restaurant that gave free food in exchange for filling out surveys (data collection). So you eat the free meal and then "opt out" of doing the survey.

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Re:Silicon Valley is terrified of California’s privacy law by dao- on Friday September 20, 2019 @01:12AM (#21023481)
The idea that free is only possible by trading data is absurd. E.g. Google search and maps can provide sponsored results without knowing everything about you. News sites can have ads related to their content and general target audience.
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Re:Silicon Valley is terrified of California’s privacy law by abacadaba on Friday September 20, 2019 @03:10AM (#21023957)
> You don't see a problem with that?

in this case, NOPE

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Re:Silicon Valley is terrified of California’s privacy law by AstralStorm on Friday September 20, 2019 @07:11AM (#21025303)
Opt out is a problem anyway, GDPR is better in that it requires information up front, opt in.
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