German privacy watchdogs conclude that Microsoft 365 is incompatible with GDPR
I'm not European, and maybe this is why I struggle to understand this, but why do people <i>want</i> regulators to say, "This doesn't comply with our regulations, <i>so you aren't allowed to use it</i>?"<p>I understand the <i>hope</i> is that companies will comply rather than forego the entire European market, but if they don't, the last consequence is ultimately on the <i>consumer,</i> not the company.<p>It seems like the same type of thing as when Quebec recently decided any service that serves customers in Quebec must offer a French version of all their services. Quebec is a much smaller market than Europe, so the effect was that companies just stopped offering services to people in Quebec, but it seems like these are the same <i>kind</i> of issue.<p>Government wants services to be provided in a certain way. Service provider declines. Consequences disproportionately impact the <i>consumer,</i> not the service provider.<p>Why should it be up to a governmental agency to tell you you are not permitted to use a service because they think the service is being provided in a way they don't like?