DMA specifically targets six big companies. DSA has most of the regs on VLOPs, which startups are not. The GDPR is not that hard to comply with, we managed with our underfunded 10 person company.
And every company needs at least one person on legal anyway, inside and outside the EU.
Oh. Your company employs a qualified lawyer full-time. So it’s easy in the same way that quantum physics is easy if you pay for someone with a Master’s degree in physics. I think you seriously overestimate how many people are university graduates.
With due respect, you are very much out of touch. Few businesses employ full-time lawyers. Think about the businesses you interact with in your personal, daily life. Shops, restaurants, handymen, doctors, … Which of those do you think have a lawyer on the staff? Large chains will have entire legal departments, but not your ordinary small business. That’s how such regulations favor the big incumbents, as has been pointed out.
How many lemmy instances are run by lawyers, do you think?
All that costs a lot of money. Contrary to what you might expect, many businesses will think that’s splendid. The customer pays and not the business. If a business is good at navigating regulations, then the extra cost becomes a competitive advantage. It’s just the customer who’s stuck with the enshittification.
Even a sole entrepreneur needs to consult a lawyer to get started. GDPR compliance is actually much easier than employment law in most of the EU.
You don’t need a lawyer on staff, you need one on appointment, that’s all.
How many lemmy instances are run by lawyers, do you think?
How many have been sued or shut down by GDPR related stuff? If anything, this proves the GDPR is not a barrier for a random person to own and operate a small social media site. So what’s the problem?
Lemmy servers have to deal with way more than just GDPR.
So what’s the problem?
Some people get away with tax fraud. Does that mean that tax laws don’t matter?
Someone once told me that it doesn’t matter that the EU makes bad laws. They just exist to give law enforcement something to work with. To me, that sounds like enabling corruption. Some Americans claim that these regulations are just to shake down US firms. Sometimes I wonder if they are right.
Please.
DMA specifically targets six big companies. DSA has most of the regs on VLOPs, which startups are not. The GDPR is not that hard to comply with, we managed with our underfunded 10 person company.
And every company needs at least one person on legal anyway, inside and outside the EU.
Just to see if I understand this right. You did that without consulting a lawyer? How do you know if you got it right?
Spending one person’s wage for “legal” that went from everything from employment law to writing our ToS to GDPR.
Also, we know because of audits we got from big banks with big legal departments that would have cost us dearly if we were out of compliance.
Oh. Your company employs a qualified lawyer full-time. So it’s easy in the same way that quantum physics is easy if you pay for someone with a Master’s degree in physics. I think you seriously overestimate how many people are university graduates.
Every single company, even a sole entrepreneur needs legal aid to navigate basic shit, GDPR is literally the least of it.
Again, employment contracts, supplier contracts, terms of service, who does all that? Are you aware what goes into running a business?
With due respect, you are very much out of touch. Few businesses employ full-time lawyers. Think about the businesses you interact with in your personal, daily life. Shops, restaurants, handymen, doctors, … Which of those do you think have a lawyer on the staff? Large chains will have entire legal departments, but not your ordinary small business. That’s how such regulations favor the big incumbents, as has been pointed out.
How many lemmy instances are run by lawyers, do you think?
All that costs a lot of money. Contrary to what you might expect, many businesses will think that’s splendid. The customer pays and not the business. If a business is good at navigating regulations, then the extra cost becomes a competitive advantage. It’s just the customer who’s stuck with the enshittification.
Even a sole entrepreneur needs to consult a lawyer to get started. GDPR compliance is actually much easier than employment law in most of the EU.
You don’t need a lawyer on staff, you need one on appointment, that’s all.
How many have been sued or shut down by GDPR related stuff? If anything, this proves the GDPR is not a barrier for a random person to own and operate a small social media site. So what’s the problem?
Lemmy servers have to deal with way more than just GDPR.
Some people get away with tax fraud. Does that mean that tax laws don’t matter?
Someone once told me that it doesn’t matter that the EU makes bad laws. They just exist to give law enforcement something to work with. To me, that sounds like enabling corruption. Some Americans claim that these regulations are just to shake down US firms. Sometimes I wonder if they are right.
I still don’t get your point, if Lemmy servers have a higher barrier to entry than just doing GDPR, why would GDPR be a barrier to entry for them?