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Re:Europe wants to prohibits unjustified geographical restri... by datenarsch on Monday November 30, 2020 @02:44PM (#25258032)
For this reason alone I despise the EU and the whole GDPR garbage. Apart from annoying you with cookie banners on virtually every website, so that you have to install a browser extension just to get rid of them, it has effectively caused significant parts of the internet to become inaccessible for EU citizens.
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Re:Europe wants to prohibits unjustified geographical restri... by rendall on Monday November 30, 2020 @05:41PM (#25259983)
I don't blame GDPR for those pop-ups. I blame sleezy business models. Those businesses don't need to make those pop-ups so annoying, they are doing it on purpose. After awhile you'll recognize them and automatically open them in private/incognito mode

The only parts of the internet I haven't been able to access from the EU are US local and regional news sites who throw a 451 error because they are managed by immature people. If it bums you out that much, just check the page via archive.org. You'll see you're not missing much

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