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Re:Italian watchdog bans use of Google Analytics by YetAnotherNick on Thursday June 23, 2022 @05:13PM (#31855235)
So due to this legislations it is more costly/less profitable for a company to have a European customer compared to US customer. Things like GDPR/lawsuits/bad PR etc. doesn't come for free for companies. So if some startup has more ratio of European users it is at a disadvantage.
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Re:Italian watchdog bans use of Google Analytics by herbst on Friday June 24, 2022 @03:45AM (#31858815)
GDPR is rarely enforced, we are still In a transition phase and many who start out choose to just ignore it to a degree.

I don't see how it's more costly or less profitable. Judging by the amount of lawsuits per capita I think it's way more likely to get sued in the US than Europe. And guess what's more expensive or complicated for a European company?

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