• FLeX@lemmy.world
    291·
    8 months ago

    In both case it’s to protect your users, not you. Nothing wrong with that

  • gregorum@lemm.eeEnglish
    211·
    8 months ago

    1. Host your minified font pack on your local server. It reduces load times and obviates the need for extra cookies (or any at all!). egads! How many fonts are you using on your website anyway?

    2. Set up an LLC or LTD or whatever your local region version is. If you’re selling much of anything, you shouldn’t be selling stuff on your own without legal protections. If you’re just selling a few little things, you shouldn’t be selling from your house, but via a PO Box. It’s just unwise and a tax complication besides. (Perhaps Germany is more friendly wrt this, IDK). Otherwise, there are indie selling marketplaces which side-step such issues.

    3. These are all set up to protect the consumer, and are very good things.

      • gregorum@lemm.eeEnglish
        3·
        8 months ago

        Ok. I understand your concern. What options does Germany have for setting up, for example, a separate address for business purposes, such as a post office box? How about creating a LLC or LTD (limited liability corporation, DBA/doing business as, or something similar)?

          • gregorum@lemm.eeEnglish
            1·
            8 months ago

            If you’re trying to convince me that doing paperwork is a problem for Germans… I mean, I know I’m an American, but I’m not stupid, lol…

          • gregorum@lemm.eeEnglish
            3·
            8 months ago

            So, the bar of entry is, according to your cursory research, €30/mo. I agree, that’s a bit high. I wonder what could be done to bring that price down. Competition?

            Remember, the law is designed to protect the consumer. Even when you’re just some dude selling a skin or a sketch or some other little thing online for €.99, there’s a consumer on the other end that needs to be protected from a cesspool of an internet of predators. Sure, that may not be you, but if you’ve spent a day online, you know who those people are and why these laws should exist.

            Be glad you live in a country who gives enough of a damn about its citizens to enact strong consumer protection laws. I sure as hell don’t.