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EU tells Meta it can't paywall privacy
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this post was submitted on 18 Apr 2024
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EU elite are the same liberal/capitalist clowns as in the US (funded by oligarchs), and they don't give a shit about EU citizens or our privacy. All capitalist corporation act the same psychotic way and should be shut down, but this is pure protectionism against US big tech.
Not that I complain about FB and other big tech platforms being hunted by EU, but it would be better if it was a genuine wish to protect their citizens against Capitalist psychopathy.
So I will offer constructive pushback instead of inane downvotes like everyone else.
This word does literally nothing except trivialize your argument and so make it less convincing.
Ditto. Makes you sound angry and irrational. Not much of an incentive to go on reading.
These are medical terms. Presumably you will claim to mean them literally and not figuratively. But really, nobody is going to assume in good faith that you're a doctor or a psychologist. So, again, the result is to undermine your whole point and make it seem like empty bloviating.
Hope that helps.
Glad to see honest and sensible take on this.
I'm happy about the GDPR but I have my doubts about all the fines of cases versus big tech in the past. Those fines are peanuts for big tech, and where is the money of those fines going ? To protect Fortress Europe or what ? To keep paying Microsoft, Google and other cloud licenses ? It is unbelievable that some organizations in this year 2024 still come up with arguments that "there is no better offer" or "no choice" and then move parts or the complete of their IT into the cloud of USA corporations. Worrying especially given the risk that Donald Trump will be back in power. "Digital sovereignty" is a word that has been wiped from the vocabulary since years in Europe.