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It takes time. And there will always be something to complain. But don't you agree that things are moving in positive direction?

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Not quite. There's more and more you have to deal with instead of less. I don't want more laws to read and comply with, I want less.

I bet most people have not read any laws in past year. hell, some have not read any laws in their lives. And no i don't agree that i want fewer laws. By the way, how many laws is enough for you?

Most people don't read any law their entire lifetime and hope for the best. But are you willing to risk it, if you're trying to do something? It does not even have to be complicated, it can be something as simple as having a website. Suddenly you have to deal with GDPR and it's not an easy task, otherwise we wouldn't have so many discussions and consultants, not to mention the fact that some websites prefer to just block European users.

The PDF for GDPR has 88 pages [1]. And it's just one thing. The AI act has another 144 pages [2]. Who's gonna read them?

[1]: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELE...

[2]: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:L...

Well DMCA is 60 pages, do you read it when you are creating a web page?

https://www.congress.gov/105/plaws/publ304/PLAW-105publ304.p...

We have civil code for everyday life, do you think people read that? I bet no, but anyway it describes rules by which people live. And when there is disagreement we open a book and see whos right. Do you think we should not have such rule book?

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