It was confusing because of the lack of clarity. However the demands are reasonable, and the benefits to consumers are incredible. We just need better guidelines and better enforcement.
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#22In my opinion, the creation of such regulations primarily serves as a barrier to entry for large corporations, much like many EU regulations.
Smaller companies often lack the resources to employ costly lawyers to guide them through the complex regulatory landscape, which ultimately allows only big companies to thrive. This gives big corporations a distinct advantage within the system.
While I don't oppose the GDPR itself, as an independent developer, it deters me from a lot of ideas, even though I have no intention of engaging in questionable activities. The fear of inadvertently making an error and being hit with a massive fine is quite daunting. So in the end I just don't do it.
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#23It was confusing because of the lack of clarity. However the demands are reasonable, and the benefits to consumers are incredible. We just need better guidelines and better enforcement.
> the benefits to consumers are incredible
ehh... are they? If you're in Europe (or even the UK), the most noticeable change is the proliferation of cookie banners, most of which don't even comply with GPDR (the single "reject all" button almost never works as you'd expect). Another notable change is that a bunch of local US news sites are now inaccessible.
The only obviously visible benefit to consumers is data portability ("Google Takeout," etc.) However, even that is a double-edged sword, because it also makes it easy for someone who hacks your account, or law enforcement, to get a nicely formatted dump of all your data.
Beyond these changes, I'm skeptical that the regulations caused any meaningful change in what companies do with your data behind closed doors.
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#25It's a massive headache.
The law is complex and I feel the EU is massively putting small companies at a disadvantage. Big companies can easily afford to hire experts that will guide them through all this, but small companies can barely afford to keep afloat.
It would be different if the EU at least had some sort of free legal help for small and medium enterprises. They already have funds to helo EU companies getting a trademark, why not GDPR?
https://euipo.europa.eu/ohimportal/en/online-services/sme-fu...