September 18, 2018

Стратечери о том, что Европейское регулирование интернетом делает с индустрией (не то, чтобы что-то очень хорошее), и как это может помочь придумать более качественные законы.

“Much like the Copyright Directive, the GDPR is targeted at Google and Facebook, but as is always the case when you fundamentally misunderstand what you are fighting, the net effect is to in fact strengthen their moats. After all, who is better equipped to navigate complex regulation than the biggest companies of all, and who needs less outside data than those that collect the most?”

stratechery.com/2018/the-european-union-versus-the-internet/

The European Union Versus the Internet

The EU is back to regulating tech companies, and getting the Internet wrong in the process. That, though, helps illuminate an approach that could work.