You can get some really hefty fines for not playing by the rules. It's taken extremely seriously in basically every aspect of life in Europe. It's not enforced hard enough against US company empires like meta and the like unfortunately, but it absolutely works.

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Nextgrid 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Can != will.

> It's taken extremely seriously in basically every aspect of life in Europe

Yeah, like every single cookie banner out there not actually being compliant. A regulation can't be considered to be meaningfully enforced when every single storefront openly breaches it in total impunity for years.

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reedciccio 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Yeah... Ask Schrems about the hefty fines and all that pretty things bright to Europeans by the GDPR. Come on! The GDPR is at best a pretty face to a rotten nothing-burger.

	▲	pastage an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Not full filling your wishes can still mean useful. Be very specific when you critize the only set of laws that has done anything for users.