pfannkuchen_gesicht ( @pfannkuchen_gesicht@lemmy.one ) 34•11 months agoOnly if other countries follow, but with such a small market it’s easier to just abandon the UK.
Dandroid ( @dandroid@dandroid.app ) 25•11 months agoCrossing my fingers that if they go through with this, all tech companies just stop doing business in the UK, causing them to realize what a horrible mistake they have made and undo it quickly.
TWeaK ( @TWeaK@lemm.ee ) 13•11 months agoNot to mention people who will just up and leave. The Tory party have been turning this country to shit.
yak ( @yak@lemmy.ml ) 2•11 months agoYeah, I might go and live in mainland Europe … Oh, hang on …
allywilson ( @allywilson@sopuli.xyz ) 7•11 months agoWhen this goes ahead, and it probably will, I hope that every single app implements it in a totally different, unfriendly, unautomated, way, or even better, make it unique per person, per app. Or, even multiple methods that are only available at certain times of certain days. It’ll be absolutely useless to the government if they have to wade through mud to get at the data.
Feyter ( @Feyter@programming.dev ) 2•11 months agoI think with this they are even worst than China… Getting UK back to the top of at least one list must be the goal here.