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Re: Instapaper is going independent

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Post by vsl »

bartread wrote: post #122
howitworks wrote: post #79

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't mean to sound trite or dismissive, but the blame should be directed at EU legislators. If I create another software product I will explicitly and permanently make it unavailable to EU residents.

This narrative has long since become tired. If you don't respect your users' privacy you don't deserve to do business in the EU. And make no mistake: whether you like it or not, that legislation - or something very like it - is going to jump the Atlantic sooner or later, so why not position yourself ahead of the curve instead of stropping off and taking your ball home? There are side-effects I don't like about GDPR,…

I want to do business with them, though, and am prevented from doing so because I live in EU.

Re: Instapaper is going independent

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Post by vsl »

HatchedLake721 wrote: post #151
bartread wrote: post #122

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This narrative has long since become tired. If you don't respect your users' privacy you don't deserve to do business in the EU. And make no mistake: whether you like it or not, that legislation - or something very like it - is going to jump the Atlantic sooner or later, so why not position yourself ahead of the curve instead of stropping off and taking your ball home? There are side-effects I don't like about GDPR,…

Cookie notifications have nothing to do with GDPR.

But they do: they are textbook example of unintended consequences of well-meant legislation.

GDPR is becoming that on steroids: the only thing that changed was for the worse: some sites outright banned EU visitors, the rest started using obnoxious terms screens that are even worse than cookie bars. Nothing really changed.

Anybody with half a brain could have seen this coming. But no, let’s double down on the same thing with GDPR. This time it will surely go down differently...

Re: Instapaper is going independent

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Post by tzs »

Chilinot wrote: post #173
nine_k wrote: post #126

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I don't see why the above is downvoted. Yes, GDPR may be beneficial and all, but thinking that it does not have an associated cost of a higher barrier to entry is a bit myopic.

I would certainly recommend reading up on the GDPR legislation. There are plenty of summaries that are good and covers the important aspects. Because once you understand GDPR, complience can follow naturally while you develop your application. Even if you dont serve customers in EU, GDPR complience will benefit non EU residents as well, since you have then implemented tooling for proper management of private informat…

> Because once you understand GDPR, complience can follow naturally while you develop your application

How do I naturally during development acquire an Article 27 representative?

Re: Instapaper is going independent

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Post by ipqk »

ipqk wrote: post #121
Chilinot wrote: post #91

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If your product can't follow the GDPR legislation then I'm glad you don't allow EU residents to use it. Since you are most likely abusing the privacy of your customers. While I'm a bit annoyed at the amount of paperwork and side systems that need to be constructed to ensure proper handling of personal data that I have had to implement, I can only see GDPR as something positive for the people.

I removed all my apps from the EU, and I will no longer publish any future apps there unless they become wildly successful in another country first. My apps are tiny, free, and just not worth the hassle of figuring out what GDPR compliance is (even though they are likely GDPR compliant already since I don't store any info). I think we're going to see a lot of small indie developers just not publish to the EU until it…

In addition, just noticed that Bonobos withdrew from the EEC due to GDPR

"Due to the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), we're currently unable to offer products and services to customers in the European Economic Community. We apologize for the inconvenience."

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