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Re:German court declares Do Not Track to be legally binding by lisper on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @08:34AM (#38083794)
That's true, but it doesn't apply in this case because there is a third option: don't use the service.
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Re:German court declares Do Not Track to be legally binding by alkonaut on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @02:02PM (#38088867)
That’s why any reasonable regulation tries to address that by saying the provider basically can’t do that e.g in the example of behavioral advertising. Basically you can show the page with dumb ads to users who don’t consent but you can’t say “you need to let us show the ads which pay more because otherwise we can’t keep the lights on”.
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Re:German court declares Do Not Track to be legally binding by lisper on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @08:59AM (#38097606)
> you can’t say “you need to let us show the ads which pay more because otherwise we can’t keep the lights on”.

Yeah, I get that. What I'm sating is: that's a stupid rule. Why should I not be able to say that, especially if it's the truth?

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Re:German court declares Do Not Track to be legally binding by georgesimon on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @04:43AM (#38095877)
It happens that schools will provide updates only on Facebook, and ISPs only provide support on Twitter, so the there is not always a third option.
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Re:German court declares Do Not Track to be legally binding by lisper on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @08:59AM (#38097600)
That's a problem with the school or the ISP, not Facebook.
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Re:German court declares Do Not Track to be legally binding by georgesimon on Saturday November 04, 2023 @12:37PM (#38142617)
That is a position only the privileged can take.
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