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It didn't pass. Its just, they keep trying to push for it, but thankfully some countries are still shutting it down.

My opinion on the matter is irrelevant, I'm just explaining what the case is about.

The advertising industry is real, and will keep existing, whether you like it or not. And yes, having the option to be an informed consumer and choose who gets to track you is a net positive. Some people LIKE targeted ads.

Plus, it's not like Apple was protecting you from ads so I don't know what your point even is? You're defending them having a monopoly on who gets to advertise to you, and that, on EU soil, won't do.

Yes they did. Its a new precedent set based on anticompetitive practices. Shouldn't be hard to understand.

I know the US is a full blown oligarchy where a few men are allowed to control everything, but the EU actually has some standards.

I'm fairy sure the guy above said "use X" not use social media. X is a particularly shitty platform.

No. The GDPR is an all encompassing law, the logic of which being giving people THE CHOICE to let apps personalise their ads, or not. Apple takes away that choice by not allowing tracking by default on a per-app basis. This is what is at stake.

What Apple is doing is indeed disrespecting the spirit of the law by taking away the choice of being tracked, while also damaging EU businesses who rely on advertising because believe it or not, there are many small app creators as well as small advertising companies operating in the EU.

Its not the EUs fault that US companies keep breaking the law. Don't break the law, don't get fined. It really is simple. EU companies aren't getting these fines.

Do you know how SearXNG works? It literally pulls search results from whatever other SEs you define it should pull from. You just get to reap the perks of all engines, without having to deal with their antagonistic design.

Who pays for all of it in the end? The people who still want to use Google's service and feed their all-reaching tentacles. But that is their choice.

Yikes. Thanks

I meant to say SearXNG. Still being maintained.

I've tried SearXNG and stayed there. And it costs me a whole 0€ per month. 10€/month for a search engine is insane.

China does everything better than the US. iPhones are made in China.

For my Americans across the pond, I ask earnestly:

What could Russia do today, to cement themselves as the ultimate oligarchy where just a few people control everything with no regard for the rest of the people of their country, that the US isn't already doing?