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Re:An everything app is terrible for liberal democracy by happymellon on Monday October 10, 2022 @12:32PM (#33153437)
The Americans peppered it with useless pop-ups because they want to try and make people think that regulations empowering users is annoying.

Just look at the amount of Americans that think that they have to request permission to use cookies. Disinformation is a powerful tool.

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Re:An everything app is terrible for liberal democracy by wruza on Monday October 10, 2022 @01:19PM (#33154034)
I bet on legal safeguards, not on conspiracy. Because for most companies a chance of a lawsuit is a chance of instant bankruptcy.
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