boyterJan 29, 2023
I wonder if we are starting to see the end of Googles dominance.

TikTok is eating the ad market and Googles only response so far is to get the government to side with them.

You add in ChatGPT, declining search results, the rise of SEO spam, the move to paid for search and it it’s not looking good.

Show threadKatharsisdrillJan 29, 2023
@boyter - Most interesting is if the EU can stop targeted advertising. That would burn everybody.
Show threadboyter
@katharsisdrill that is not something I had considered. Are they considering doing such a thing?
Jan 29, 2023 at 5:57pmWeb
Show threadKatharsisdrillJan 29, 2023
@boyter - A group in the EU-parliament is proposing it, yes. If it will get traction is another thing, and to the US it is not only about enormous income to one of its major industries, but also security concerns as they hold the whole world in their grasp with these tools.
Show threadKatharsisdrillJan 29, 2023

@boyter - A fast GOOGLE (sic ;) lookup.

https://gizmodo.com/facebook-meta-privacy-fine-end-target-ads-eu-414-1849949138

The EU Wants to Kill Targeted Ads by Fining Meta $414M

European Union regulators say the tech industry, starting with Facebook's parent, needs to get real consent before it slurps up your data.

Gizmodo
Show threadboyterJan 29, 2023
@katharsisdrill wild. I’m not huge fan of the overreach the eu has (GDPR is especially annoying), but I do love the impacts hey can have on large players for things like this.
Show threadKatharsisdrillJan 29, 2023

@boyter - Overreach is about being one of the largest markets in the world - the rest of the world has had to put up with US dominance on every field of existence - someday when India and China gets better hold of things we have to put up with them too.

The thing is that Europe after WWII has had very strict privacy rules - coming from the use of fascist surveillance - but haven't enforced them much with new tech, but that is changing.

Show threadboyterJan 29, 2023
@katharsisdrill I’m no fan of USA overreach either. For GDPR specifically it’s written such it’s almost impossible to conform with unless you are a massive company which in my opinion stifles innovation. It needed an exception for smaller players.

Australia had some pretty strict rules too but nothing like that. Although it’s because of Australia you can get steam refunds now which is useful.

Show threadKatharsisdrillJan 29, 2023
@boyter - Yes, it was crap legislation.
Show threadboyterJan 30, 2023
@katharsisdrill Agreed. Although I liked a lot of the core ideas.