Mozilla co-founder's Brave files adtech complaint against Google

[richyrich]

Looks like the Brave browser is being more than brave. Biting off a pretty big chunk . . Let's me guess; huge fines again, for the EU coffers, and they(google) just keep mining dat data . . what do you think?

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-euro ... SKCN1LS2JL

[thx-1138]

...there appears to exist a conversation over at ycombinator.
Quite a few comments from a Brave developer as well (Ctrl+F, jonathansampson).

[AZgl1800]

Personally,

I have never had a negative problem with Google or Facebook....

well, maybe facebook, because I can't force it to work like I want

[HaveaMint]

Hope they when the case, it is nobodies business what we do or where we go. In the past 6-8 months I have tried all I know to rid google from my business.

[Portreve]

Honestly, I have no idea how things are at this point in iOS, but I need Google Office / Calendar / Navigation integration, and there really isn't anything out there I can find which serves as a drop-in replacement.

I'm putting encrypted email on hold for the time being because we need an agreed upon standard. However, I use Signal and WhatsApp and am doing what I can to encourage people to switch to them as a primary means of contact.

[KBD47]

I have no sympathy for Google. They gotten more and more into grabbing all the info they can from everyone. Their latest deal with Mastercard of secretly gathering info was just too much. I've dropped Chrome and Google search for good. Be careful if you use Startpage on Chrome because Google is still keeping track of your searches as I learned recently when I visited my Google Activity page.

[gm10]

Let's me guess; huge fines again, for the EU coffers, and they(google) just keep mining dat data . . what do you think?

The political developments that will arise from this are the most interesting. Quite a few non-European sites geo-block EU-visitors now so they don't have to deal with the EU's data protection laws (about a third of US news sites, for example). The more US-companies get hammered with this topic the more will pull out. Google has so far been uneven in its handling of these things - they comply with national censorship requirements but they play hard ball when it costs them money, e.g. when they shut down Google News in Spain because of it.

So should be interesting to see the further developments here, including reactions of European voters who are meant to be protected by these laws but as a result do not longer get easy access to the content they want.

[catweazel]

e.g. when they shut down Google News in Spain because of it.

I read recently that shutting down google news in Spain cost the news agencies there tens of millions of dollars in lost revenue. It serves them right, I think.

[gm10]

e.g. when they shut down Google News in Spain because of it.

I read recently that shutting down google news in Spain cost the news agencies there tens of millions of dollars in lost revenue. It serves them right, I think.

And yet they keep lobbying for more so the EU keeps going:
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-c ... SKCN1IQ2NS