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> And you want the government to do that?

Yes, it’s their job. Building codes have technical specifications and don’t allow people to opt out. Airspace is very tightly regulated with technical specifications.

> Why hasn't the world's largest advertising company incidentally owning the world's most popular browser implemented a technical solution for tracking and cookie banners in the browser? Oh wait...

Because the government is the thing that is supposed to produce useful regulations, not an advertising company.

GDPR is like trying to solve smog by passing a law that says people can opt out of smog by staying out of the city. No regulations to actually reduce smog.






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