> but then they make it illegal for us to exchange our data for someone's service
They (the EU) don't and I don't understand why you would understand it that way.
They (the EU) don't and I don't understand why you would understand it that way.
In the context of apps like Facebook or Instagram, which make money by tracking us to show us personalised ads, this is like saying that it is illegal for supermarkets to charge us for groceries, even if customers wanted to pay for them. What happens next? The supermarket closes, evidently. And this is a win for whom? Not the supermarket, and not the clients. Everybody loses.
World ending in 3, 2, 1,...
More like banning the import of substandard and dangerous electronics, even if customers really want to plug their phone into a 50-cent charger from Aliexpress - because side-effects bear too high cost on the society.