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>To offer a non-dev perspective on Hn, it feels like tech companies are really trying to annoy us users with GDPR updates in an effort to nurture opposition to similar proposed regulations in the future. I hope it doesn't work.

You think businesses are that forward thinking? You think there is some grand conspiracy to annoy users so that they hate regulation?

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You think businesses are that forward thinking?

Definitely. Adhering to new regulations costs man hours and $, companies understandably would rather not be forced to comply. No grand conspiracy just long term bus dev.

>Definitely. Adhering to new regulations costs man hours and $, companies understandably would rather not be forced to comply. No grand conspiracy just long term bus dev.

The simpler explanation is that these ultra annoying pop-ups make it more likely for people to accept the ToS and allow the service to begin monetizing.

>You think there is some grand conspiracy to annoy users so that they hate regulation?

Yeah? U.S. companies do this all the time. They did it with the cookie warnings and tried to act like they didn't know they were creating an absolutely terrible experience.

Companies acting in bad faith against regulations is basically the default.

See also giant "install our app" banners on mobile sites, like Reddit

In this case, the companies are following the prescribed rules of GDPR which requires them to not only publicize their privacy policy, but notify their users if it ever changes. This is a side-effect of a well intentioned law.

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