Re: Disable autoplay and infinite scroll or risk massive fines, EU tells Meta

On 2026-07-12, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

> On Sun, 12 Jul 2026 03:16:00 -0000 (UTC), Oregonian Haruspex wrote:
>
>> At some point companies will tire of endless EU fines and mandates
>> and leave the market.
>
> You mean “American companies”? Not gonna happen. 🇪🇺 is huge -- too
> much money to be made there, restrictions or no restrictions. They
> will find some way to suck it up -- just as they find ways, wherever,
> possible, to continue doing business in China.
>
> Because to do otherwise is to leave the way open for homegrown
> European companies to arise, compliant with EU-based standards, and
> maybe even export this novel concept, of the user’s needs coming
> before those of the platform owner, to the USA.
>
> None of these American companies wants that to happen, would they?

They should probably get rid of their websites and anything web-based,
then. :-P

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Nuno Silva