> Also forced EU voters to consider how much they value these services
replyIt's been a while since I left Europe, and I'm rusty on that particular layer of civics. Do EU voters actually have a say in this kind of regulation? Or is it all decided on the executive side which is only accountable to member states and not to individual citizens?
None. The EU is getting more and more un democratic by the year. More power centralized in the bureaucracy vis regulations and other mechanisms.
replyI value them a lot, happy that the EU didnt bend down to Apple.
replyIf it werent for the EU, the companies would get away with all sorts of shit.
Is as if people forget companies are evil by nature and will fuck you any chance they get.
Meanwhile: EU pushing to snoop on private chats and US companies are pushing back.
replyWhere do you think that lobbying money is coming from?
replyI'm curios what kind of shit specifically DMCA protects you from?
replyI think you mean DMA, not DMCA. DMCA mostly protects copyright holders. DMA is about protecting users and competitors from platform lock-in. Bending for Apple would just make that lock-in harder to challenge.
replyDMCA provides some rather important protection for service providers (including small-scale services like web forums, not just ISPs and web hosts) - it makes them not liable for copyright violations by their users, so long as they take down infringing content upon receipt of a DMCA notice.
replyBut I agree, that's probably not what OP meant.
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reply"Let's discuss how countries should bend their knee before supranational corporations"
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