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Re:Today Google bricked my Chromebook by force-installing a ... by kleiba on Saturday March 29, 2025 @07:00AM (#43514463)
"could" being the point here - as Joe Bloke, you're not going to get yourself into a legal dispute with Google, but it's not very hard to return an electronic device as an ordinary end consumer when it's still under warranty.
Re:Today Google bricked my Chromebook by force-installing a ... by dgellow on Saturday March 29, 2025 @08:00AM (#43514810)
Re:Today Google bricked my Chromebook by force-installing a ... by nottorp on Saturday March 29, 2025 @07:05AM (#43514488)
You don't need to sue Google, just file a complaint with whatever the GDPR authority is in your country ...
Re:Today Google bricked my Chromebook by force-installing a ... by kleiba on Saturday March 29, 2025 @08:01AM (#43514818)
I'd be interested to know if anyone on HN has actually done that in the past, and what the experience was?
Re:Today Google bricked my Chromebook by force-installing a ... by robin_reala on Saturday March 29, 2025 @12:37PM (#43516725)
Confiks managed to get Spotify to reinstate the API that allowed connections to SongShift with a GDPR complaint about the right to data portability (or threat thereof): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24764371
Re:Today Google bricked my Chromebook by force-installing a ... by zazazache on Saturday March 29, 2025 @07:09AM (#43514516)
Better to just contact NOYB directly, they are responsible for about 50% of all GDPR fines to date. Outside of Norway the DPAs seem mostly useless, especially when it comes to big tech…
Re:Today Google bricked my Chromebook by force-installing a ... by Matthyze on Saturday March 29, 2025 @10:58AM (#43516061)
That's not how the GDPR works. Just like criminal procedure, subjects do not sue alleged offenders themselves. The state instead sues on their behalf.