Re:Grindr to be fined almost €10M over GDPR complaint
by TeMPOraL on Tuesday January 26, 2021 @06:30PM
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> People calling for an immediate 4% fine are ignoring that killing companies is bad for the economy.
As a person who calls for these, my reasoning isn't that they should dismantle the entire web because of it[0] - but that destroying a few small businesses and seriously hurting some big ones would set an example for all the rest to fall in line. Right now, companies seem to correctly reason that they're statistically unlikely to be noticed and fined.
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[0] - Even though my belief is that advertising industry in particular is a social cancer and absolutely needs to be torched down to the ground.
As a person who calls for these, my reasoning isn't that they should dismantle the entire web because of it[0] - but that destroying a few small businesses and seriously hurting some big ones would set an example for all the rest to fall in line. Right now, companies seem to correctly reason that they're statistically unlikely to be noticed and fined.
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[0] - Even though my belief is that advertising industry in particular is a social cancer and absolutely needs to be torched down to the ground.