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[0]: https://wiredrop.app
Sure, you can say that websites have the option of "Just don't track", but realistically we know that that will never happen. Particularly since a lot of websites are actually tracking the user for the purpose of making the experience better (such as remembering settings, recent search terms, etc...), rather than tracking for the purpose of selling data to advertisers. But, from the user's point of view, they won't know what they have agreed to anyways. So essentially we get to a scenario where 99% of the websites have annoying cookie banners, when we already know that 99% of users won't read the terms anyways...
If the EU was good at regulating things, they would come up with a solution which puts the responsibility primarily on the website. One example of this could be if EU defines like ~5 different "data ratings", with pre-defined conditions of what sort of data was allowed to be tracked for each rating. Then the websites are responsible for choosing the rating that corresponds to their level of data gathering, and if they report it incorrectly, the EU could fine them.
The result of this is that when a user visits a website, you can quickly see a "badge" in the browser which lets you know what sort of tracking this page has (thus the user learn what each rating means, and get a better understanding of what they agree to). This is very similar to what Apple already does in the App Store in the "Data Linked To You" section for each app.
Followed by "TO READ THIS STORY, SIGN IN OR START A FREE TRIAL."
No, thank you!
> "India's rate of emissions intensity - the total amount of greenhouse gas emissions emitted for every unit increase of gross domestic product (GDP) - fell by 33% from 2005 to 2019"
Sounds to me that this is a case of "decrease of the increase", rather than overall reduction. But please correct me if I'm wrong.
Although my initial thought was that it would be great if there was a way to watch the entire day (for one news station) in one clip, rather than have to click on multiple 30 seconds videos.
Regarding your VCR tapes. I understand it may be difficult for you to watch, but I encourage you to get them digitalized soon, while you still can. Perhaps even upload them in full length online somewhere for other people to look at.
Surely this can't be true, I can even remember I had my Spotify Premium plan go from 99SEK to 119SEK about two years ago.
Was really sad to hear about the dead and injured afterwards :(
One day the apps (products) may themselves become technical debt, but that is not the fault of the language they were written in.
Nevertheless, some people just prefer to use products that spark their creativity, however irrational it may be. This can easily turn into a never ending discussion :P
People will complain about the price, as per usual, but keep in mind that this is a small company making low volume products for professionals.
With that said, I certainly won't be buying one :)
I mean, I'm a tech person and even I don't pay enough attention to it to answer these questions. But, whether it is dead or not, time will tell.
But who knows, if anyone can succeed with it, Apple probably can!
Which, if that is the case, really is just a re-distribution of money. Nothing is gained, nor lost.
But the article wants it to look like stripe is about to take a $3.5B tax loss...
I'm sure Google employees are well aware of the issues.
In a case where billions are missing.