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Re:Apple decided not to roll out Siri in EU after denied req... by flohofwoe on Tuesday June 09, 2026 @03:02PM (#48465940)
> these types of compliance efforts can mean completely redoing multiple core systems to handle privacy, wipeout, audit, reporting, per-location policies, etc etc. These efforts can involve hundreds to thousands of people for multiple years.

What if I tell you that there's a surprisingly simple, straightforward and above all very cheap solution: don't implement privacy-invading or anti-competitive features in the first place ;)

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Re:Apple decided not to roll out Siri in EU after denied req... by hparadiz on Tuesday June 09, 2026 @03:09PM (#48466065)
Sure let me wave a magic wand and have a data center that can meet all these regulations materialize before us. Yes I'm sure every American tech company is tripping over themselves rushing to build data centers that are subject to European taxes and regulations for the exact same compute.
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