[moduspol]

> Seems we were right.

Arguably, and so far.

There are sites that just block requests from the EU, there's a difficult-to-measure chilling effect on small businesses, and just because nobody's been hanged over it in year one doesn't mean it won't be abused, oppressive, or have other negative unintended consequences in the future.

[contras1970]

> There are sites that just block requests from the EU, there's a difficult-to-measure chilling effect on small businesses

food safety regulations have a chilling effect on businesses that would try and sell arsenic-laced food.

dumping poisonous byproducts of a manufacturing process in a river will also net you a stomping by the society, another instance of a chilling effect of regulations.

i'm happy with these chilling effects, they relieve me of the need for constant vigilance. they enable our society to function. we do not need to fear for our mental of physical health and (private) lives all the time, we can focus on higher-order things instead.

[moduspol]

I feel differently about it, but I think that's totally fair. Just pointing out that it's not quite the case that opponents' predictions turned out to be wrong.

Some did, at least for the first year. But some haven't.

[patrickmcnamara]

> There are sites that just block requests from the EU

The only sites that I've seen with this are local US news sites that don't even have to follow GDPR.

[emiliobumachar]

Could you elaborate on why you think they do not have to follow GDPR? Do you think they can continue to track all their visitors as before, including the odd EU citizen?