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(also this feels hella iffy legally speaking)

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[–] sanpo@sopuli.xyz 46 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's not, corporations' bad faith interpretation of the law doesn't make it legal.

https://www.wired.com/story/metas-pay-for-privacy-model-is-illegal-says-eu/

[–] Mwallerby@startrek.website 25 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Doesn't help much in the UK unfortunately

Yet another of the endless benefits of Brexit! /s

[–] trolololol@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Brexit is when England thinks colonies are better off because they're independent, when the truth is that they're England - free.

The equivalent is England leaving great Britain, with the consequence that Ireland unifies and Scotland does what it wants 🤣🤣🤣🤣