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That would be illegal (in the EU, at least). Why would a successful business risk that?



It would, they already did, pure audacity, and they're getting burned for it.

Meanwhile, a loud minority (mostly from outside the EU) complains "why don't you respect their best efforts?" -- because it's too little, too late, this law has been on the horizon for years, but instead of preparing they've been increasing their data harvesting efforts, only making it harder for themselves to actually comply when it finally passed.


When has success ever stopped business breaking the law?




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