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The hitmen (using your analogy are the websites that track) are still killing just as many people. But now it’s just making it harder to drink a glass of water.

Are the two sentences completely uncorrelated? Yes, so is the effect of the GDPR on websites.




> are still killing just as many people

[citation needed]

I wonder why Facebook tried to bypass GDPR if it's of no use

https://noyb.eu/en/irish-dpc-removes-noyb-gdpr-procedure-cri...


Well, it’s simple. Did Facebook announce any ill effects during it quarterly results caused by GDPR? No.

Did they announce a decline in revenue caused by Apple’s ad tracking transparency - yes by the tune of billions and they called that out as the reason,


> Did Facebook announce any ill effects during it quarterly results caused by GDPR?

classic non sequitur.

What would have happened without it?

Do you have hard numbers?

No.

Anyway, looks like looking for the data was too difficult, with the whole Internet at your disposal.

So I did it for you.

https://techcrunch.com/2022/04/27/facebook-leaked-ads-docume...




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