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We'll see.

If I had to bet, it will not be the case that we'll see some big exile of users as a result of having to click through an additional "Agree and Continue" dialogue to get to what they were going to do anyway. The GDPR will do a lot more to appear to be doing things right than actually benefiting users.



It depends. Courts could rule that click through licences don't constitute "informed consent", because let's be honest, people aren't informed about what they're signing.


Respectfully if users are honestly considered too dumb to read targeted dialog boxes, the regulation required to "fix" that "problem" is going to be downright draconian.


> implying that adding an additional "are you sure" to the process of joining a social media platform _doesn't_ benefit users.

/snark


It'll be about as beneficial as the "this site uses cookies" notices or the Vista UAC that everyone just clicked through anyway.




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