> What you do or do not do should not be grounded in the consequences that you will face but in what's the best for your users.
I agree with the above. I disagree however that "what's best for your users" is universally a superset of GDPR regulations.
My personal view is that if your company/service becomes so powerful that people can't escape from its influence, the above regulations are a necessary evil in order to counter your outsized influence.
For a tiny startup on the other hand, you have so little influence on the world that if a consumer doesn't like the way you operate, they can just choose not to interact with you. Such startups can best serve both themselves and society at large, by focusing on building valuable features/services.
Reasonable people can disagree about the specifics of a law. As a EU citizen, I can understand your wishes for everyone to comply with EU regulations. It helps to put yourself in others' shoes, and ask yourself how much time/energy you, as a startup founder, would be willing to put into regulatory compliance with Canadian/Russian/Indian laws.
> It helps to put yourself in others' shoes, and ask yourself how much time/energy you, as a startup founder, would be willing to put into regulatory compliance with Canadian/Russian/Indian laws.
If I were to target my business at Canadians, Russians or Indians I would definitely make an effort to comply, especially if those laws in general did not originate from protectionism or were particularly hard to implement (which I don't think the GDPR is, at least not in spirit).
I agree with the above. I disagree however that "what's best for your users" is universally a superset of GDPR regulations.
My personal view is that if your company/service becomes so powerful that people can't escape from its influence, the above regulations are a necessary evil in order to counter your outsized influence.
For a tiny startup on the other hand, you have so little influence on the world that if a consumer doesn't like the way you operate, they can just choose not to interact with you. Such startups can best serve both themselves and society at large, by focusing on building valuable features/services.
Reasonable people can disagree about the specifics of a law. As a EU citizen, I can understand your wishes for everyone to comply with EU regulations. It helps to put yourself in others' shoes, and ask yourself how much time/energy you, as a startup founder, would be willing to put into regulatory compliance with Canadian/Russian/Indian laws.