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>My comparison is simply to show the standard laissez faire talking point of "oh, regulation exists just to protect incumbent market players" as bullshit: regulations exist to protect consumers from negligence and misbehaviour on the part of the companies.

We'll see. I have a feeling that European consumers and web companies are in for a world of hurt.

>The fact you think GDPR only applies to websites rather than the huge clusterfuck of personal data loss means you haven't understood the reason behind GDPR.

I know that GDPR applies to everyone, I think it's pretty obvious it will be selectively enforced since the regulation is too burdensome. Do you think your local mom and pop hair salon that is not in compliance will ever be fined?