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>Several million dollars? Any EU tax payers care to justify this insanity? Probably several millions, yes. Considering the EU has 450 inhabitants, that*s increasing my tax bill by cents. Well worth the money to me. Probably, MS will try to backtrack and violate regulations at some point so it will pay for itself too. I'll never get the US masochism where interference by regulators to defend the end-user is somehow se…
> Probably several millions, yes. Considering the EU has 450 inhabitants, that*s increasing my tax bill by cents. Well worth the money to me. But this never ends. Every week there's a new article here about how the EU is forcing electronics makers implement their preferred charger ports, or displaying cookie notices to EU visitors, or making phone batteries replaceable. It's endless crap that adds drag to businesses…
You mean, taxpayer funds being used to fund the operation of a regulatory body? I wonder how they should be funded in your ideal world:
* Don't fund them at all; the world is better with no regulators and no regulations.
* Cut them loose from the taxpayer; let them behave like an LE agency, and fund themselves by levying fines.
As far as I'm aware, there's no regulator involved in this, taxpayer-funded or otherwise. This is simply a law (which you can call a "regulation" if you prefer). As such, the only "regulatory" body involved is the EU lawmaking apparatus, and EU citizens seem to be OK with funding that.