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E.U. Prepares Major Penalties Against X

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139 points dotcoma | 1 comments | 06 Apr 25 17:47 UTC | HN request time: 2.501s | source
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twalkz ◴[06 Apr 25 18:21 UTC] No.43603601[source]▶
I guess at some point the EU has to do something if they want companies to keep implementing these regulations under the calculus of “cost of implementation vs. cost of fines that arise from non-compliance”.

I would love to believe that some companies would follow these regulations even without severe threat, because they’re the right thing to do for users, but I know in a lot of cases it can take significant time, effort, and money to keep up with every regulation coming out of the EU

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onlyrealcuzzo ◴[06 Apr 25 18:23 UTC] No.43603619[source]▶
Companies don't really care about "the right thing to do for users."

They care about maximizing profits from you.

If you're hoping companies are going to "do the right thing for you" on their own, you're probably going to be disappointed.

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fullshark ◴[06 Apr 25 18:34 UTC] No.43603748[source]▶
Once upon a time these companies valued their user base, afraid they would leave and find another way to use their time. I guess they’ve got the data that their users are all addicted and will never do that. At least until they push too hard.
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mentalgear ◴[06 Apr 25 18:41 UTC] No.43603829[source]▶
Unfair business practices and quasi monopolies (Microsoft), waled gardens (apple), and in the past 15 years advanced data analysis let's those companies exactly calculate how far they can make their users "suffer/bleed/annoy" and stop just right before the breaking point.

Also, if real competition arises, it's just bought and merged (Facebook buying instagram) since anti-trust laws have not been properly applied, especially in the digital sector.

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1. immibis ◴[06 Apr 25 19:20 UTC] No.43604141[source]▶
And then the breaking point becomes the new normal, and the new breaking point becomes farther away.

Microsoft keeps deleting ways to install Windows without signing up for a Microsoft account.

Twice in my life I've created a Microsoft account to do something that required a Microsoft account, and then a few days later they demanded my phone number. Because they know perfectly well that if you demand a phone number during signup, it deters more people from signing up, but if you demand it after they've already started using their account, they're less likely to be willing to throw away the account. I was, though.

For some reason they haven't yet done that with my Minecraft-migrated account. Or did they? Maybe I entered my phone number there and forgot I did so.