[TazeTSchnitzel]

"Stifling innovation"? I doubt this is the case. It is actually possible to run data centres in multiple countries, in fact.

Privacy is more important, anyway.

[bluejekyll]

For any company, putting feet on the ground in multiple countries is cost prohibitive. So are you implying that running data centers in multiple countries is somehow cheap? Obviously using public cloud infrastructure is the only option for small companies, but it still means operating more assets than otherwise necessary.

I'm not debating privacy btw, just the concern over operational cost. There are other ways to secure data that are far better than simple data residency laws.

[TazeTSchnitzel]

Companies have multiple datacentres anyway to avoid latency

[bluejekyll]

But not in every country... To reduce latency, it's much cheaper to reach customers in that last mile with CDNs, not replicating your entire infrastructure and all of you data stores.