Sadly when the EU regulates, it’s the same for everyone across the board.
It’s a mess. They require that small, one-man operations or simple corner stores treat personal data with the same diligence that banks do, under the GDPR.The concept of scale is something that is foreign to the EU.
I have a few friends that work for the government in their countries and they say GDPR requirements is destroying their local municipalities.
The only regulation from the EU that I’ve seen makes a distinction at scale, is the Digital Markets Act.
Wait what? I thought the EU could be my future salvation! If the EU regulations are too harsh, and the US regulations are so slack that billion dollar monopolistic tech companies can thrive, Australia is just America lite but with mining instead of big tech, and developing nations are still developing and don’t have good amenities and the communist nations are largely dictators where do I go?
Fair point - bureaucrats aren’t always good at nuance. :/
Although I still hold out hope that with Linux, there’s room for the open/volunteer approach + a for-profit model that results in investments/profits going back into the volunteer community. After all, Linux isn’t controlled by a corporation for proprietary purposes, like Windows is by Microsoft. We’ll see…or we won’t, if Linux never reaches any kind of mainstream status. :)
Sadly when the EU regulates, it’s the same for everyone across the board.
It’s a mess. They require that small, one-man operations or simple corner stores treat personal data with the same diligence that banks do, under the GDPR.The concept of scale is something that is foreign to the EU.
I have a few friends that work for the government in their countries and they say GDPR requirements is destroying their local municipalities.
The only regulation from the EU that I’ve seen makes a distinction at scale, is the Digital Markets Act.
Wait what? I thought the EU could be my future salvation! If the EU regulations are too harsh, and the US regulations are so slack that billion dollar monopolistic tech companies can thrive, Australia is just America lite but with mining instead of big tech, and developing nations are still developing and don’t have good amenities and the communist nations are largely dictators where do I go?
The EU is still an infinitely better place to live than the US, lol.
Ok, thank you!
Fair point - bureaucrats aren’t always good at nuance. :/
Although I still hold out hope that with Linux, there’s room for the open/volunteer approach + a for-profit model that results in investments/profits going back into the volunteer community. After all, Linux isn’t controlled by a corporation for proprietary purposes, like Windows is by Microsoft. We’ll see…or we won’t, if Linux never reaches any kind of mainstream status. :)