This is what happens when you rely on American tech companies. Apple is pulling shit with Europe, the home of "civilisation", that feels like it's straight out of a stupid reality show over regulations regarding sideloading and privacy. And clowns like this will regurgigate the dumbest and the most worn-out libertarian shit in first tier media outlets.
Tbh I don't get the point behind GDPR. Is it genuinely meant to ensure privacy to some extent or is it just some form of protectionism against American tech companies?
I haven't read it yet, but isn't this the central problem behind Yanis Varoufakis's book Technofeudalism?
Maybe. I haven't read that book either.
I think Frank McCourt's book Our Biggest Fight and his Project Liberty tie in well with what Yanis has to say - they're both addressing this just from slightly different perspectives.
It's disturbing - I think McCourt makes great points and I credit him with doing something rather than just talking about it, though I'm not sold on his approach.