GDPR is about the processing of personal data. Cookies (and such) are subject to 2002's ePrivacy directive

I'm not a lawyer, but I think this actually has some interesting things to think about. Not all cookies require consent under the ePrivacy directive, there is an exception for cookies that are "strictly necessary for the delivery of a service requested by the user". I think that'd fit in this case, since providing a cheater free experience is part of the "service" the players are looking for. At the same time, the ePrivacy directive also mentions that the user should be provided with "clear and comprehensive information" about what is stored. Providing that would render the cookies useless.

I don't know how these would balance each other out legally, but it's fun to think about

No, that doesn't count. Companies have tried arguing that their ads' tracking cookies are strictly necessary otherwise they wouldn't be able to offer their services (ads pay the bills). And yet, they require consent.

Preventing cheaters is similar. And this is blatantly a tracking cookie.

You aren't considering that ad cookies/tracking are used to enable a service to someone else (ad buyers), while this anti-cheat tracking cookie is used to enable a service to the user themselves (a cheat-free gaming experience.) I think that may make the difference.

Also, all of this was in 2017. Anyone doing it in 2024 should indeed run it past a lawyer.

I swear that most model 3's I see in Europe have their headlights adjusted up so high that they're still looking for German aircraft. It's blinding.

Same down here in Australia. Every blinding incoming car is a Dodge Ram size truck where the lights are so high blind you from above and model Ys where they seem to point up into incoming cars.

Indeed, they seem all misaligned. Often one light is used for aircraft defence and the other to shine directly into potholes.

Quality assurance after assembly is apparently not a thing for Tesla.

The LED revolution of car headlights is a damnation.

The teacher/professor would be able to buy the book and can then copy and hand out the parts they are actually using for their classes.

Yes of course? Not everything needs to go in an energy intensive dryer. It'll air dry just fine inside or outside

I believe Volkswagen's Wolfsburg factory is open for tours

They're regulated. Not German nor a lawyer but my understanding is that security cameras should only film private property (or as much as possible) and constantly running dashcams aren't allowed. It seems you're only allowed to record when something is happening but a dashcam which deletes the records unless you save them seem to be fair game

But you can still choose to only download apps from Apple's app store?

I explained this to another user. It’s not “I can just download apps from Apple’s App Store”. It’s everything that comes along with that.

Also you can just buy a different phone if you want third-party stores.

I really don’t get how people on a tech forum seem to believe that software is fungible. If I’m an Instagram user then I have to go to where it’s offered which will be the Meta store. As a user I can’t just download it on the App Store if it isn’t there. All of this legislation has been about publisher choice. Users do not not gain any choice in this — that’s all marketing.