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gunapologist99 5 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: The EU moves to kill infinite scrolling

Why do governments think they are experts in user interfaces or UX?

pocksuppet 5 months ago [–]

They don't. The GDPR doesn't mention any specific UX.

Saline9515 5 months ago | [–]

I happened to work with people who elaborated the GDPR rules and they knew very well that it would end with cookie banners everywhere, or mandatory logins.

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