> - it's expensive
> - it takes their phone away
Ok, people don’t go to shops to replace battery now? “oh, it’s 99$ to replace the battery? I’d rather pay 1000$ for a new iPhone!” That’s a bit silly.
Yeap, only compared to a brand new phone. When you have a cheap iPhone from 5 years ago and you compare the price of a battery replacement to the actual price of your phone it quickly become obnoxiously expensive.
There’s no way a user-swappable battery will be cheaper than that.
As far as HN goes it is not clear whether or not they are covered by GDPR. Yes, the site is viewable in Europe and people there can make accounts. But that's not sufficient.
GDPR asserts extraterritorial jurisdiction when you are either (1) offering goods and services in the Union or (2) monitoring the behavior of data subjects in the Union that takes place in the Union.
One of the recitals clarifies that the mere availability of a site to Europeans does not necessarily mean it is offering goods and services in the Union. The site has to envisage serving people in the Union.
If you aren’t being a bastard, you don’t need to show me a banner.
- it's expensive
- it takes their phone away
If changing the battery is a one hour cheap deal, a lot more people may do it.
And I am very happy about those EU initiatives: this way I know what sites are tracking me and how much. This tells me which sites values annoying me with their banner so they can sell my data.
Have you noticed there is no banner on Hacker news despite the fact that:
- they serve in Europe
- they use cookies
That's because it's not about cookies, and the banner is only for privacy abusers.