<story><title>GDPR Version of USA Today Is 500KB Instead of 5.2MB</title><url>https://twitter.com/fr3ino/status/1000166112615714816?s=19</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>dominotw</author><text>Is anyone concerned that we are starting to replicate real world boundaries on the internet.&lt;p&gt;Internet was supposed to free us from the limitations of the real world. World of internet was supposed to be the one where you can fluidly switch between your preceptions of self, become a new person whenever you felt like, leave your past behind. This was supposed to be a new world where people see themselves differently.&lt;p&gt;Now we have created countries on internet. Transferred our real world identity onto internet. Masses were rushed into the internet before they were ready, before they got the concept of what internet means psychologically. Now we vast bureaucracies ruling the internet, so depressing. Depressing to see ppl on HN saying &amp;quot;Good&amp;quot; to every GDPR news. Sad to see internet age squashed by beurocracies right when it was getting started.</text></item><item><author>ocdtrekkie</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m honestly starting to reach the opinion we should all be VPNing our web traffic through Europe so we can pick up more of the benefits.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>anvandare</author><text>The story of mankind, I&amp;#x27;m afraid. A few people find a neat little spot where they can hang out, and for a while things are great, everything is pretty cool. Then, sooner or later, the group gets Too Big. Not so cool stuff starts happening, and where formerly you had a small anarchic group that worked with mutual understanding and (unspoken) agreements, now you have a need for Laws and Enforcement and Bureaucracy.&lt;p&gt;Every beautiful place on Earth will sooner or later be exploited for mass tourism and marketing. If you ever find such a place, keep it a secret, to keep it intact.</text></comment>
<story><title>GDPR Version of USA Today Is 500KB Instead of 5.2MB</title><url>https://twitter.com/fr3ino/status/1000166112615714816?s=19</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>dominotw</author><text>Is anyone concerned that we are starting to replicate real world boundaries on the internet.&lt;p&gt;Internet was supposed to free us from the limitations of the real world. World of internet was supposed to be the one where you can fluidly switch between your preceptions of self, become a new person whenever you felt like, leave your past behind. This was supposed to be a new world where people see themselves differently.&lt;p&gt;Now we have created countries on internet. Transferred our real world identity onto internet. Masses were rushed into the internet before they were ready, before they got the concept of what internet means psychologically. Now we vast bureaucracies ruling the internet, so depressing. Depressing to see ppl on HN saying &amp;quot;Good&amp;quot; to every GDPR news. Sad to see internet age squashed by beurocracies right when it was getting started.</text></item><item><author>ocdtrekkie</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m honestly starting to reach the opinion we should all be VPNing our web traffic through Europe so we can pick up more of the benefits.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>ocdtrekkie</author><text>We haven&amp;#x27;t &amp;quot;created countries on the Internet&amp;quot;. The Internet exists &lt;i&gt;in&lt;/i&gt; the real world, and it exists in countries. Those countries have laws, and they always applied. Governments can take time to adopt to new technologies, but this was always going to happen.&lt;p&gt;And GDPR is an awesome thing, it&amp;#x27;s an example of governments doing the right thing.</text></comment>