Does this mean we dont get to be tracked, data mined, ad-bombed, and exploited while our teens dont get depressed and sick from “social” media?

Well, if thats the price we pay, thats the price we pay… :)

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    This is more bark than bite, imo. They’re just threatening to withhold products at this point, but as the article points out:

    • Europe’s a big market and profit focused companies aren’t going to give that up just to make a point
    • Those that do will just encourage European competition to step up and fill whatever gaps might appear, which is just fine by the EU.

    So… go right ahead. Let’s see how this really plays out.

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      And the products they are threatening to withhold are exactly the products we don’t want. Last time the tech giants threatened to leave entirely the EU asked when to plan the going away party. The current tactic from the giants isn’t much better

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    "Meta has decided not to release a new multimodal AI model and related products in the EU.

    The move follows a similar decision last month by Apple to withhold its new Apple Intelligence features from Europe."

    Oh no. Wait. Come back.

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    • Apple reversed log standing design policy to put a USB C charger in the iPhone because not selling iPhones in Europe was not a financially viable option.

    • Apple won’t launch their AI features in Europe because changing to comply with regulations is too hard

    These features aren’t that important then I guess?

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    Sounds like it’s working to me.

    Zuckbot, comply with GDPR or forget about EU.

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    If your “product” is stealing my information for your “AI” or extorting me to buy “dongles”, then please “withhold” it.

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    It’s too bad the websites that do this don’t have to put a label on it in the U.S. Something like “Not for consumption in the E.U.” to make people wonder what’s going on.

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      I’m struggling with this as a website operator. I don’t have any third-party tracking, no external assets, nothing and I’m dying to put up a cookie banner stating as such even though it’s totally unnecessary and annoying.

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        You do not have to put up a cookie banner when you are only using technically required ones ornnone at all. Make a dedicated cookies page in your footer and have a table with every cookie, their name, their description and use as well as how long they last.

        If you have none, put that info on that page. All you need to do.

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          That’s what I was saying: that it isn’t required but it would be nice to advertise I’m not doing anything shady.

          Great advice on the cookie listing page though. I haven’t considered that.