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Reddit abandons user privacy - Ars Technica (arstechnica.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I left a couple of months ago. Couldn't be happier.

The writing is on the wall. The leader thinks the Genius-with-hair-transplants is a superstar, despite destroying a globally recognised brand. Inspired by this, Spez is trying to get Reddit ready for an IPO. This means, maximise profits by any means.

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[–] [email protected] 98 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

Not in GDPR countries 😎

[–] [email protected] 58 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Regardless. Fuck what Reddit has become. I really hope that people will see the light and move to Lemmy.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 year ago

I mean, California bans this as well and they aren’t exempt despite being where Reddit is located. Spez doesn’t seem to care what is legal.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago (2 children)

A testament to how important good legislation is... most—if not all—privacy issues that we face today are in large part due to legislative failures.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Legislation and enforcement. There are countless laws on the books that are not enforced. Generally speaking, they may as well not exist.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I love GDPR so much, EU does not fuck around with that. I can't remember when I last felt that my rights were being considered and protected by governmental entities., but that one sure warms my heart.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah I gotta say, I make sure to vote in every election to the European parliament, and I have always voted for the representatives with the strongest privacy oriented agendas, and over the decades I have been blown away by some of the great legislation we have seen with regards to regulating the capitalist hydra trying to devour our freedom of speech and interaction online.

Holding gargantuan companies accountable like Google, Microsoft, FaceBook et al, dishing out serious fines, GDPR... EU may not do everything right, but these things alone makes me happy to be in it.