Re: Overreach
I thought they were doing business on the web? Is the EU now the governing body for the "internet". Last I remember the US invented the thing. If anyone should be doing anything it should be the EU ISPs that should be putting out warnings that you could go to big bad USA sites and "opt in".
Second the end user initiates this business transaction. You never had to go to american site and see their ads. Go to whatever European equivalent there is. You don't have to be on Facebook to survive. Can you name one American website where there is not something hosted in Europe? If you can that is pretty sad...and also an opportunity for you to start a business...but i realize how hard that is in Europe these days.
If you want to pay for your content there are options for that, but it sounds like you are just an entitled child that somehow thinks even this very site can exist without some sort of revenue. You probably have an ad blocker on and then complain about the "web".
The real issue here is about jurisdiction. If i'm running a brick and mortar company in the US and a European visits my shop I don't have to abide by any laws that the EU creates. But somehow my website does?
American's get a bad taste in their mouth when they start getting governed by a foreign power, many miles away without a vote in the system.
My guess is the courts will nullify the power of most of GDPR outside of the EU when the rubber hits the road and some company has to pay big bucks and not just update privacy policies.
If this is all about get tracked on the web, then start paying for things because you know dang well you where paying with your personal info...and now you are mad at the obvious consequences you where too mentally lazy to predict.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
