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actually it all started with US companies (and three letter agencies) spying and tracking European citizens until we European said enough is enough

If web sites of those tracking us got worse, good!

That was the point.




And at any point since then did tracking become less pervasive?

You really think the GDPR stopped the US government from tracking anyone?


homicide is illegal

it hasn't stopped homicides

but it made them illegal

if your point is that nothing ever changes so there's no point in doing anything, I beg to differ.


Homicides are taken seriously and investigated and if found punished.

The only thing that GDPR did was annoy users.


I'm pretty sure GDPR fines are a thing too

https://www.enforcementtracker.com/

anyway, as many have already pointed out, GDPR does not annoy users, web sites owners do.




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