The idea of banning meta or Google is indeed not serious. What's realistic is forcing them to behave by issuing fines that make such behavior prohibitively expensive. Admittedly there's nobody doing that in Europe seriously yet, but that's because the current unhinged head of American state has meltdown every time American bigtech get a wrist slap.

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mikkupikku 5 hours ago | parent [-]

> What's realistic is forcing them to behave by issuing fines that make such behavior prohibitively expensive.

Europeans have been saying that for what, 20 years now? How long does it have to not work before we stop saying that it's a realistic solution?

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fsflover 4 hours ago | parent [-]

There were no serious attempts at enforcing the rules.

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mikkupikku 4 hours ago | parent [-]

If that's so, then is it realistic to expect that to somehow change? These corps have been fined more times than I can count, but it's clearly not working.

	▲	fsflover 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		The fines were too low. If Europe is serious now, it can change.