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Re:Use of Google Analytics declared illegal by French data p... by chaostheory on Thursday February 10, 2022 @12:52PM (#30289930)
The free market isn't perfect, but it's been historically better than centralized economic planning.
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Re:Use of Google Analytics declared illegal by French data p... by Xylakant on Thursday February 10, 2022 @01:38PM (#30290551)
I don’t believe your parent is arguing for centralized planning in any shape or form.

Even the US knows rules for markets - it’s never entirely free. European laws just set more rules and give the consumers more rights - something I consider useful where there’s a strong imbalance in knowledge and power between the consumers and the companies offering a service.

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Re:Use of Google Analytics declared illegal by French data p... by chaostheory on Thursday February 10, 2022 @08:41PM (#30295703)
> I don’t believe your parent is arguing for centralized planning in any shape or form.

National regulation is a form of centralized economic planning. Is it always bad? No. Is it always good? No.

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Re:Use of Google Analytics declared illegal by French data p... by timeon on Thursday February 10, 2022 @01:31PM (#30290466)
I'd like to think that there are gradients between opposite peaks.
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