webscale disruptiveness and innovative kleptocracy
"The law [in Germany] says that you have to have the information presented to you at the point of checkout. Punkt. Ende. Aus."
And in some other parts of the world (e.g. US, UK), there's the golden rule: those with the gold make the rules (or are, equivalently, free to ignore the existing rules).
Biting the hand that feeds IT
