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Re:Use of Google Analytics declared illegal by French data p... by viro on Thursday February 10, 2022 @09:36AM (#30286567)
Why should every US tech company be expected to duplicate its infrastructure in the EU? Google isn't special, this applies to EVERY US-based competitor to GA. This gives EU competitors an unfair advantage.... and that's the real point.
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Re:Use of Google Analytics declared illegal by French data p... by jen20 on Thursday February 10, 2022 @11:46AM (#30288840)
Because the US cannot implement reasonable privacy laws that give basic safeguards to personal information expected by EU citizens (or even UK citizens).

If anything, EU competitors to Google Analytics are at a _disadvantage_ because they can't apply the same lassaiz-faire techniques for US-based customers that US-based companies get away with.

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Re:Use of Google Analytics declared illegal by French data p... by jen20 on Thursday February 10, 2022 @10:08PM (#30296385)
> I understand how you could think we are since we seem to pay your military budgets for free.

I live in America.

> It's protectionism because your tech industry sucks.

I work for a FAANG, in America. "My" tech industry is doing fine, thank you very much. Nice try though.

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