GDPR is clearly not perfect but this incessant bashing is tiring. Not everything has to be about being more productive. Privacy and sensitive data protection matters. I find it kind of sad to have to say those things when it’s been a year of constant warnings about the future dangers of AIs.
It’s easier to not care about it when half the companies leeching data are US based but from what I read about the TikTok ban, as soon as it’s not an american company, then it’s a big problem. The EU cannot rely on the US (and US companies) to care about them or be very reliable (and have proven that time and time again).
Thanks for the detailed and clear answer! I mostly agree with you.
There is a clear difference in mindset like you said. Europe is less inclined towards entrepreneurship and more towards a powerful state that regulates the economy. I won’t lie, I am often disappointed when looking at it on the entrepreneur side.
But overall, and I think that’s the whole point : most europeans are fine with it because of the tons of protections it brings to citizens compared to… well pretty much everywhere else. (again this is looking at a very broad picture, there are huge differences in Europe between countries, people, etc...)
Here, GDPR is often looked at through the eyes of americans and obviously it’s completely against the US way : that was actually the point, exactly like the tax on digital services and other “attacks” against tech giants. Americans can say they hate the GDPR, that’s fine with me but always saying “this is so stupid” is imho misunderstanding its goal.