Are we sure about that? GDPR seems like a gift to European startups who don’t like American competition. BlaBlah car in France got huge, incidentally right around the time the anti-Uber hysteria in France reaches a peak. The sale of Daily Motion to Yahoo was blocked by the French government under ridiculous national economic interest grounds. Europe loves tariffs and trade barriers and they have a history of “protecting” the public from competition. Try shipping spare parts for a child’s stroller to France — I was taxed at 50% — the tax even applying to the shipping fee, not just the parts. My dad made the mistake of sending kids clothes to my kids with the tags still on them — $100 worth of clothes cost me €65 in duties. When I ship small amounts of stuff to the US, I literally have never had to pay a tax. The EU loves protectionism. Farmers literally set fires and throw rocks when Spanish wine crosses into France and the authorities don’t prosecute a single person. Now that EU countries have a bunch of lotteries tickets with American tech companies, the governments are likely foaming at the mouth with excitement over fining American companies. And, sadly, many people in Europe actually think this is about privacy.
