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Re:Ask HN: A simple solution to limit surveillance capitalism? by pornel on Thursday June 25, 2020 @02:17PM (#23643755)
> simply ban

When you're up against billion-dollar corporations with lobbyists and PACs, there's no "simply" there.

GDPR has been twisted and watered down from "don't collect non-essential private data" into "slap an annoying cookie notice that makes the government look stupid, and continue business as usual".

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Re:Ask HN: A simple solution to limit surveillance capitalism? by unknown_abyss on Thursday June 25, 2020 @02:24PM (#23643824)
While lobbying is a problem, your comment dramatically exaggerates the issue. GDPR brought a lot of positive change, the best of it being the right to delete your data, and ask what data someone has on you.
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