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The EU had some teeth when GDPR was passed. Even if I'm not in the EU, there are lots of countries that are, so cost/benefit of compliance seems reasonable.

When I hear about strange Brinternet rules, I just think why should I care about a single country and their strange and costly laws. If UK users want to reach my site, change your laws or use a VPN.

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Especially if compliance becomes a _criminal_ issue. But then again Britain probably thinks this will spur a domestic market for smaller tech, and maybe that’s correct? Though it does sound like the main thing it incentivizes will be some rent seeking age verification companies or very dubious utility to consumers.

Indeed. My response to this has largely been "if this passes I'll just block traffic from the UK to my website" as it'd be cheaper than implementing this utter madness.

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