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Robin-Yann Storm
@rystorm.com

You can tell there is a new law in The Netherlands that companies are not allowed to call you out of nowhere, because suddenly every Dutch service I have ever had an account on is asking me via email if I could pretty please turn on the 'Yes, you may call me' button in my account settings. Nope!

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Paweł Świątkowski
@katafrakt.eurosky.social

In Poland they add an extra fee if you don't let them call you (disguised as not giving a discount) to coerce people to flip a switch. Not sure how that's legal, but apparently it is and I think all mobile and internet providers do that at this point. So brace yourselves ;)

suppergerrie2.com
@suppergerrie2.com

Whenever I see that checkbox i wonder why i would ever want to check it. What could it possibly add to improve my life. Just send me emails like a normal company...

Robin-Yann Storm
@rystorm.com

I love laws that actually just do something. I so often hear people say that situations are 'complex', but 99% of the time it's actually super simple: Make a law forbidding it, and you can stop it. Just like these spam calls! It's that easy! It genuinely really is that simple.

Robin-Yann Storm
@rystorm.com

It's similar to when the EU enacted free roaming around the EU. Companies were all like "That's too expensive! We'll all go bankrupt! We have to charge at least 10 euros per MB if someone is 1 kilometer over the border!"

Robin-Yann Storm
@rystorm.com

Nope, turns out you can just make a law, and it turns out fine. And then the UK left the EU, and lost their free roaming. They could just make a law to bring it back. It's genuinely, really, absolutely that simple.

Mads
@madsfs.bsky.social

While I agree, there is also the other side of that coin which is making legislation that's actually harmful. People say "You can't have us surveil 450 million people's private conversations!" and the EU says "Watch me" and drafts ChatControl.

Robin-Yann Storm
@rystorm.com

So the next time you are annoyed about robocalls, or hidden costs, just consider: Your vote is the easiest way to change those things. It’s that simple.