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It happened in UK, the US law doesn’t apply.
It happened in UK, the US law doesn’t apply.
It’s a nice wallpaper though for what it’s worth.
How many email accounts do you have? It might be a huge factor. I have about 7 accounts I need to check regularly and I cannot imagine doing it manually for each. I can see it working for one or maybe two though.
Firstly, this is not “my argument”, this is EU’s argument.
Secondly, none of these platforms present it as a choice between paying and giving the kind of consent that by law needs to be optional and freely given.
Thirdly, being free to not use a service that is breaking the law does not make it any less illegal.
They can just charge €10/mo like every other company does, for example Netflix. They can’t offer it as an alternative to the “freely given consent”. It’s not freely given if the alternative is to pay to not give this consent.
I’m truly confused about what people expected.
Given that it’s in UK, I doubt it even mattered. They consider a butter knife illegal without a “good reason” to carry it.