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		jacquesm on March 15, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Facebook's GDPR consent bypass reaches Austrian Su... It's very simple: you can not contract out of the law. So, assuming murder is illegal where you live, I can't contract you to murder me, even if I 100% agree that you should murder me and I pay you for it.

vmception on March 15, 2021 [–]

I love how people always create legal analogies that are the least relevant comparison to re-enforce a point that is not even universally true.

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