> What would be your solution to make companies from collecting your personal data without your consent?
I don’t have a solution to the drug problem either. But a “solution” that makes things worse for people is not a “solution”. The first goal of government should be “do no harm”.
> I don’t have a solution to the drug problem either.
Because GDPR is war on drugs and not, say food inspection, right?
> The first goal of government should be “do no harm”.
Ah yes. Because it's the government that forces those web sites to collect and sell your data to literally hundreds of trackers and advertisers, right?
It’s the government law that made my web browsing experience worse just like it’s the government policy that makes it harder for me to get enough psuedophredrine for my family.
There's a very simple question I always ask people with "gdpr bad" stance. I've to receive an answer.
What would be your solution to make companies from collecting your personal data without your consent?
> See also the “War on Drugs”, “War on Crime”, etc.
Other government has initiatives being bad doesn't make all government initiatives bad.
> Either it’s a bad law or a badly enforced law.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30659060