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christkv | on: Apple decided not to roll out Siri in EU after denied request for exemption
None. The EU is getting more and more un democratic by the year. More power centralized in the bureaucracy vis regulations and other mechanisms.
solid_fuel | parent
You have anything to back up that claim, or is it just knee-jerk drivel with no evidence based on your feelings and distrust of scary government bureaucrats?
Saline9515 | root | parent | next
Why is chatcontrol being pushed every year by the european commission, while people and their representatives are in majority against it?

Besides given the amount of lobbying in the EU institutions, it's obvious that citizens don't have a chance against corpos with infinite money.

jyounker | root | parent | next
And how is that different from any other governmental level? Seriously, we in Berlin got a freeway that nobody I know wanted or wants. It's not the EU's fault.
Saline9515 | root | parent
In a classic democracy, the Parliament can repeal laws, unlike in the EU.
Muromec | root | parent
Because puritans gonna puritan and security services want to read your comms. That's like any day of the week everywhere since forever.
miroljub | root | parent
Do you have any evidence supporting the notion that EU decisions process is democratic?