Visegrád don't mean shit these days, the journalist is Polish, and worked with Radio Free Europe.

If anything, she's Western-biased.

Cali is a hit or miss, the Cali privacy reg has been so watered down compared to the GDPR it feels like the ad industry got it in to prevent future harsher regulations.

It seems the EU is moving on this issue with their usual tectonic speed.

https://dailywrap.ca/video-game-giants-face-eu-scrutiny-over-exploitative-microtransactions,7070300439647873a

Let's hope they also hit with their usual tectonic force.

IN THE NAVY...

It almost even took off!

"They are made for small children, that's why they have an ammo carousel!"

*slaps turret and gets blown up by random bolted-on Kontakt ERA

A lesser standard still applies if it either embeds or redirects to a payment page. Again, shouldn't mean shit, but still.

Because the alternative seems to be a Russian intelligence asset.

the only thing the app does is start transactions and check with the server if they’re paid

Yeah, but the whole PCI DSS thing means that the app must still be secured. That doesn't necessarily mean that it has to be tied to Google Play, but explain it to them.

IIRC they did coupons exclusively in their app a few years ago where I lived (haven't checked since), and they hiked the price of everything, so if you don't install the app, you get a 20% surcharge in effect.

That goes for every single shitty chain store as well.

lol

They also get paid off of this, the advertiser pays for those impressions.

Advertisers can't switch because they can't not be present on big platforms. The whole ad industry is just companies scamming each other and the consumer.