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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] 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.