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@xavez @jwildeboer it's messed up because the sector failed to explain what cookies can do in a way that policy makers and politicians can comprehend and work with. Saving the advertising income from policy driven disruption was a larger concern, and now we are stuck with the banners (if you don't block them, run a pi-hole, and avoid advertising hell holes).
@wsslmn @jwildeboer yep that’s a part of it for sure. That said if you’re going to pass any law that’s so important, shouldn’t you attempt to understand the thing you’re regulating at a slightly deeper level?
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@jwildeboer EU is pretty cool and likely the most important thing post WWII Europe have ever done.
Perfect, F no, but a big step in the right direction.@johnrohde @jwildeboer OK, thank you for that because it's important perspective that maybe this type of marketing is needed and works (I'm not a fan, it's just so... limp, lol! But I'm also not the target audience, I guess).
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@jwildeboer Norway and the UK have also EU Roaming.
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@jwildeboer @xavez didn't write *that*, Blocklist Hero.
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@jwildeboer @xavez didn't write *that*, Blocklist Hero.
@harbeider @jwildeboer indeed I did not
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@jwildeboer to some extend, and for people in the EU.
Don't look at it's borders though....
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@jwildeboer Ha! Thing is we already had de facto universal charging in that regardless of if the device itself used micro USB or USB-C or lightening everything went into a charger with a USB-A port on it. Then gear started turning up with cables with USB-C at both ends and folk needed to buy new chargers when their USB-A ones were still perfectly functional. And I refuse to concede the often cited notion that carrying 2-3 wires instead of one (which all worked on a USB-A charger) was a problem

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@jwildeboer you can’t possibly know but I understand all of that better than you might think.
It’s the implementation that’s the mess. Leaving this to millions of websites was a bad idea. It should have always been a browser preference. One exists and could have been adapted.
@xavez @jwildeboer Are you complaining about the regulation or the enforcement of the regulation?
Where in the regulation does it say ”you have to show annoying buttons to all your users and try to trick them into pressing the wrong button”?
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@jwildeboer Also, regulating banks a lot is right on point.
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@jwildeboer you can’t possibly know but I understand all of that better than you might think.
It’s the implementation that’s the mess. Leaving this to millions of websites was a bad idea. It should have always been a browser preference. One exists and could have been adapted.
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@jwildeboer Ha! Thing is we already had de facto universal charging in that regardless of if the device itself used micro USB or USB-C or lightening everything went into a charger with a USB-A port on it. Then gear started turning up with cables with USB-C at both ends and folk needed to buy new chargers when their USB-A ones were still perfectly functional. And I refuse to concede the often cited notion that carrying 2-3 wires instead of one (which all worked on a USB-A charger) was a problem

@wiredfire @jwildeboer The really nice thing is that you don’t require everyone else to have 3 cables when you need to borrow their charger.
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@jwildeboer tbh i wish less people would die in the mediterranian and north afrika. i even would use ten different chargers to archive that.
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@jwildeboer tbh i wish less people would die in the mediterranian and north afrika. i even would use ten different chargers to archive that.
They are two sides of the same medal, and i think it's important to see both.@nachtpfoetchen @jwildeboer yeah, i appreciate some stuff the eu does, but they also do so many terrible things that way too many people don't care about at all
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@jwildeboer tbh i wish less people would die in the mediterranian and north afrika. i even would use ten different chargers to archive that.
They are two sides of the same medal, and i think it's important to see both.@nachtpfoetchen Thank you for accusing me of turning a blind eye to that. You don't know me, but you come in to change the topic. Le sigh. Welcome to my blocklist.
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(It took less than an hour for the first "Yes, but" folks to show up and accuse me of being ignorant of the EU border policies and how we drown refugees in the mediterranean. Thank you for giving me that short moment of peace. Everything I have done and do for refugees is irrelevant to you because you just want to make your point. So. Welcome to my blocklist.)
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(It took less than an hour for the first "Yes, but" folks to show up and accuse me of being ignorant of the EU border policies and how we drown refugees in the mediterranean. Thank you for giving me that short moment of peace. Everything I have done and do for refugees is irrelevant to you because you just want to make your point. So. Welcome to my blocklist.)
Maybe I should just leave all of this "social" network stuff to those that want to destroy any positive moments and retreat. (I won't. I pity those that seem to be so filled with negativity that there is nothing positive they can ever add here. I will continue to try and hope my mental health won't suffer too much.)
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Maybe I should just leave all of this "social" network stuff to those that want to destroy any positive moments and retreat. (I won't. I pity those that seem to be so filled with negativity that there is nothing positive they can ever add here. I will continue to try and hope my mental health won't suffer too much.)
please not - don’t let them win…
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Maybe I should just leave all of this "social" network stuff to those that want to destroy any positive moments and retreat. (I won't. I pity those that seem to be so filled with negativity that there is nothing positive they can ever add here. I will continue to try and hope my mental health won't suffer too much.)
@jwildeboer yes, but then they win...
Oh shit

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@wiredfire @jwildeboer The really nice thing is that you don’t require everyone else to have 3 cables when you need to borrow their charger.
@ahltorp @jwildeboer which is nice but not hugely common and probably not something to base a whole regulation around

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@ahltorp @jwildeboer which is nice but not hugely common and probably not something to base a whole regulation around

@wiredfire Do you have anything positive to add or are you just using my thread to share your negativity? @ahltorp