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[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Seems like forcing liability would be more successful

[–] michaelmrose@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

More successful or more beneficial?

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Forcing the company to be liable for the data they collect would be more likely to stop them from doing it than trying to outlaw them collecting it

[–] michaelmrose@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

No it wouldn't because poor people can trivially be kept out of court all kinds of ways from binding arbitration to half assed enforcement. As a rule if you want someone to NOT do something you have to tell them they can't do it!

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

No it wouldn’t because elected officials don’t represent poor people

But we’re talking about buying new BMWs anyway. Your logic was just too stupid to not laugh at

[–] michaelmrose@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The problem is there is no reason to suspect that a lucrative strategy doesn't spread to other manufacturers and indeed segments.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

And it will be long established before it effects the poor

[–] michaelmrose@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 months ago

So your previous argument was nonsense