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Re:The EU moves to kill infinite scrolling by initramfs2 on Friday February 13, 2026 @08:11PM (#47010231)
That's gonna probably just create a bunch of loopholes or hacks like paying with favors instead of cash
Re:The EU moves to kill infinite scrolling by mrob on Friday February 13, 2026 @08:14PM (#47010257)
Loopholes can be addressed on a case-by-case basis. A solution being imperfect is not a good reason to leave the problem completely unaddressed.
Re:The EU moves to kill infinite scrolling by MBCook on Friday February 13, 2026 @08:34PM (#47010466)
This by the way is my understanding of why the EU writes laws the way they do.

If they just banned infinite scrolling someone would come up with something equivalent that works slightly differently. Now they need a whole new law. It’s just constant whack-a-mole.

So instead they seem to ban goals. Your thing accomplishes that goal? It’s banned.

It’s a pretty different way than how we seem to do things in the US. But I can see upsides.

Re:The EU moves to kill infinite scrolling by coldtea on Friday February 13, 2026 @08:30PM (#47010431)
That's the same in every domain when there's a profit. Doesn't mean laws and bans don't reduce the related activity dramatically.