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Head of the Signal app threatens to withdraw from Europe (www.bluewin.ch)

submitted 21 hours ago by schizoidman@lemmy.zip to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/50130760

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[–] utopiah@lemmy.ml 0 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

If I understood correctly "they" here means Google and Apple because they are corporations that sell products, advertisement brokerage, SaaS, physical devices, etc in the EU. They have to comply otherwise they wouldn't be able to make money if one of the most profitable markets. They solely chose to comply because it puts their baseline at risk, not solely because of regional laws.