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[-] EatMyPixelDust@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 21 hours ago

It's not harmless, that's the thing. Its just the thin end of the wedge.

[-] Auli@lemmy.ca 6 points 12 hours ago

We are well past the thin wedge. The thin wedge was American companies purchasing every tech company or stealing their ideas.

[-] ImitationLimitation@lemmy.ml 17 points 21 hours ago

“Do not comply in advance.” There is simply no need for this. Resist because it’s our duty to do so in order to keep our freedoms. Start with, “why are they doing this?” Then go follow the money. Zuckerberg and Meta, that’s why. They have been under the gun for years to protect people, especially minors, from the harms of their attention based economy of apps. They hired lobbyists in multiple states to push this legislation. Why? Because if the OS does it, they don’t have to, and can blame all the problems on the OS. What’s the Meta business model? Gather data and sell it. The more accurate and targeted the data, the higher the price. What do these laws do? Add more data. Why doesn’t Apple, Google, and Microsoft resist? They already have the infrastructure and are data gathers themselves. Why does the government allow this (US and all 5 eyes)? They LOVE surveillance.

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[-] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 7 points 18 hours ago

Sincerely, thank you for spelling it out to the rest of the class.

These things are always worded 'agreeably' enough that by the time we're done going back and forth debating it all day, they've pushed even more invasive policies on us.

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