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0 pointsmartin_a3y ago0 comments

> but then they make it illegal for us to exchange our data for someone's service

They (the EU) don't and I don't understand why you would understand it that way.

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>EU privacy regulators say Facebook and Instagram must not force users to agree to tracking by putting this requirement into their terms.

In the context of apps like Facebook or Instagram, which make money by tracking us to show us personalised ads, this is like saying that it is illegal for supermarkets to charge us for groceries, even if customers wanted to pay for them. What happens next? The supermarket closes, evidently. And this is a win for whom? Not the supermarket, and not the clients. Everybody loses.

mopsi3y ago

> this is like saying that it is illegal for supermarkets to charge us for groceries, even if customers wanted to pay for them.

More like banning the import of substandard and dangerous electronics, even if customers really want to plug their phone into a 50-cent charger from Aliexpress - because side-effects bear too high cost on the society.

martin_aOP3y ago

Just show unpersonalized ads then. That's all.

lzaaz3y ago

That's precisely what I'm saying. I am an adult, and if I want to pay for a service with MY data, I should be able to consent to that. I can't, so this regulation doesn't respect me and my rights.

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netrus3y ago

It's more like forbidding Kellogg's to put toys into their cereal boxes. MAYBE they cannot sell sugary cereals to kids without, but most likely they still can. Only one way to find out :)

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lzaaz3y ago

>EU privacy regulators say Facebook and Instagram must not force users to agree to tracking by putting this requirement into their terms.

mopsi3y ago

> this is like saying that it is illegal for supermarkets to charge us for groceries, even if customers wanted to pay for them.

martin_aOP3y ago

Just show unpersonalized ads then. That's all.

lzaaz3y ago

That's precisely what I'm saying. I am an adult, and if I want to pay for a service with MY data, I should be able to consent to that. I can't, so this regulation doesn't respect me and my rights.

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netrus3y ago

It's more like forbidding Kellogg's to put toys into their cereal boxes. MAYBE they cannot sell sugary cereals to kids without, but most likely they still can. Only one way to find out :)

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