I’m saying that the content companies could weaponise FoMO and say “you can’t play with us any more, UK” then the government would probably have to pull back.
And then the other places considering doing something similar would have to do the same. Before it becomes the new standard to have “age” gates.
There are certain sites that don’t follow GDPR regulations, and they decided not to allow EU traffic. So when I come on those sites they say: “Due to GDPR regulations, we are barring you from accessing our site”
It’s not. The advertising lobby pushed a narrative that it stopped you doing lots of things out doesn’t, so lots of people are overly cautious, but it really just stops you doing things that no one would consider reasonable. Unfortunately, if you run targeted ads or use Google Analytics, they’ll be doing things no one would consider reasonable, so you have to not do that, but that’s not expensive.
Ideally companies would just block the UK, like they did to the EU to avoid GDPR regulations.
That would put other nations (and the EU) off doing this nonsense themselves.
But it seems like the corporations have been brought to heel. Just when their usual attitudes would have come in handy.
I dont get this part. Are you saying that the GDPR is a bad thing?
No, the GDPR has a lot of benefits.
I’m saying that the content companies could weaponise FoMO and say “you can’t play with us any more, UK” then the government would probably have to pull back.
And then the other places considering doing something similar would have to do the same. Before it becomes the new standard to have “age” gates.
There are certain sites that don’t follow GDPR regulations, and they decided not to allow EU traffic. So when I come on those sites they say: “Due to GDPR regulations, we are barring you from accessing our site”
Is that really a thing? I’ve seen exactly one such site and that was when GDPR was new and someone linked to that site for exactly that reason.
It isn’t common, but it happens. For example, local news websites.
No, but it is expensive for companies to do properly.
It’s not. The advertising lobby pushed a narrative that it stopped you doing lots of things out doesn’t, so lots of people are overly cautious, but it really just stops you doing things that no one would consider reasonable. Unfortunately, if you run targeted ads or use Google Analytics, they’ll be doing things no one would consider reasonable, so you have to not do that, but that’s not expensive.