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Firefox saw an increase in users (~50% in Germany and ~30% in France) following Apple’s default browser changes in the EU. (www.theverge.com)

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Firefox spokesperson Christopher Hilton tells The Verge that the browser has seen a more than 50 percent jump in users in Germany and a nearly 30 percent increase in France.

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[–] [email protected] 69 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, as the majority of the time, regulations work!

[–] [email protected] 37 points 5 months ago (2 children)

good regulations work. there are also lots of bad ones.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

It's the point of "majority of". It doesn't include all of them.

Historically, we experienced the last 50 years disregulation. We should not confuse disregulation and regulation. What is also the point of "majority of". It only include the regulations.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

See: GDPR with massive fines for small companies but almost nothing for tech giants, and the complete lack of any action against non-compliant or maliciously compliant cookie banners.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Most tech giants are compliant now (which is the actual goal of regulation, not fines). Although they've had fines too.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

90 million € for Google? I'm sure they learned their lesson.