The reason a lot of “regulate big tech” discourse frustrates me is because of the American punishment-first mindset. The same mindset that makes homelessness illegal during a global pandemic instead of addressing root problems is exemplified in the break them up rhetoric on here
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Replying to @marvelle
I think the EU is at least trying to solve concrete problems with their various bits of regulation. Their challenge is that 1.) You can't regulate away a better product. No amount of regulation will stop Google from being #1 in search besides banning it. 2.) Regs favor incumbents
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Replying to @Carnage4Life
Agree w EU. But general consensus among tech set was that GDPR was euro-hysteria that would break the open web. Seems like there is a knee jerk anti-regulation mindset until those regs actually prove useful.
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Replying to @marvelle @Carnage4Life
Really? Remarkably short sighted. GDPR isn't web specific, it's regulation for general use of your data so people can't abuse your home address, phone number, utility usage, etc to spam the shit out of you.
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Exactly. GDPR is a wildly successful piece or regulation to prevent data abuse, which means Europe has significantly less spam and fewer scams than the United States
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