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0 pointscynicalsecurity2y ago0 comments

This is good. An app that can't survive without stealing your private data isn't worthy to be on the European market.

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You’re happy with only large tech giants existing then. Because lots of regulations are just barriers to entry and allow the existing players to keep playing

hnlmorg2y ago

The problem is the same argument also works in reverse: few regulations just make it easier for larger players to block smaller players from operating via dishonest business practices.

Ultimately existing players always have the advantage.

As a side note: the startup world is thriving in Europe. So EU regulations can’t be that high of a barrier ;)

asow922y ago

Personally, I don't think this works in real life. Consumers catch on to dishonest business practices and want choose new market options if/when they becomes available, and do not need a nanny state to pick winners and losers. If anything, excessive regulation and legal hurdles impede and prevent this market force from working as it should. Internet providers in the US are a perfect example of this in action: why would these virtual monopolies want to provide a better product if it's so hard for competition to materialize? They are incentivized to offer a less than ideal product while also lobbying for increased or maintained regulation to ensure the status quo. This isn't capitalism, but cronyism.

Also, which startups are thriving in Europe with global appeal? Genuinely, un-sarcastically, curious.

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asow922y ago

It's not like these companies are trying to steal your private data. They just don't see working through legal compliance as worth the squeeze — especially when they are young and don't have the resources to comply properly.

edit: > worthy of the European market.

Also, what an entitled, elitist thing to say. Maybe the US would be better off pulling out of Nato and letting Europe alone after all.

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throw109202y ago

I think you responded to the wrong comment by accident, because nowhere did the parent user say that the companies they worked with were trying to take users' data, or had trouble with privacy-related EU law.

Don't forget to double-check to make sure you're responding to the right comment!

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switch0072y ago

You’re happy with only large tech giants existing then. Because lots of regulations are just barriers to entry and allow the existing players to keep playing

hnlmorg2y ago

The problem is the same argument also works in reverse: few regulations just make it easier for larger players to block smaller players from operating via dishonest business practices.

Ultimately existing players always have the advantage.

As a side note: the startup world is thriving in Europe. So EU regulations can’t be that high of a barrier ;)

asow922y ago

Also, which startups are thriving in Europe with global appeal? Genuinely, un-sarcastically, curious.

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asow922y ago

edit: > worthy of the European market.

Also, what an entitled, elitist thing to say. Maybe the US would be better off pulling out of Nato and letting Europe alone after all.

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throw109202y ago

Don't forget to double-check to make sure you're responding to the right comment!

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