Re:Removing the modem and GPS from my 2024 RAV4 hybrid
by GJim on Friday May 15, 2026 @07:11AM
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> It is very hard to live in Germany without having a google account
Which in the EU/UK, is subject to data protection law; including compulsory opt-in for sharing personal data!
Granted, the scummy adtech industry push the law to the limit ("legitimate use"), meaning we need better regulation, not less.
> The EU is not the privacy paradise some make it seem to be
Nobody said anything about paradise, though considering the unrestrained nature of adtech in the USA, I certainly know under which laws I'd rather my (and others) personal data is kept.
Nobody seems to care and this isn't enforced at all.
It is very hard to live in Germany without having a google account. Many services are only offered via phone-app that is only available through play-store. I'd have to use apks from questionable, untrusted third-party websites.
Good luck finding an employer that doesn't require you to have a microsoft account.
The EU is not the privacy paradise some make it seem to be. It's a corrupt, bureaucratic, exploitive nightmare with some splashes of democracy here and there.
Von der Leyen is the perfectly ridiculous representative, she left nothing but corruption, collusion and incompetence in her wake.