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Re:Apple hit with over 1.8B euro EU antitrust fine in Spotif... by JustExAWS on Monday March 04, 2024 @09:33AM (#39590969)
Well the EU is not exactly known for well thought out jurisprudence or legislation when it comes to tech.
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Re:Apple hit with over 1.8B euro EU antitrust fine in Spotif... by whostolemyhat on Monday March 04, 2024 @10:42AM (#39591743)
Could you give any examples? I'd say GDPR was an incredibly well-thought-out bit of legislation
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Re:Apple hit with over 1.8B euro EU antitrust fine in Spotif... by JustExAWS on Monday March 04, 2024 @10:47AM (#39591798)
You mean all 99 sections and 11 chapters?

And all we got was cookie banners

And it didn’t affect the big guys. It just made compliance harder for the little guys

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33561222

It’s a regulatory nightmare for smaller companies.

Apple’s Ad Tracking Transparency did more to affect privacy - according to companies like Facebook that admitted on earnings calls that they projected billions in losses based on iOS users opting out

All of the AI regulations are just going to make companies say - forget it in the EU. How much longer did open AI take to come to the EU as opposed to the US?

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