[kiryin]

People saying that the laws are only there to ruin your business are mainly non-Europeans who have at most read a shallow blog posts on the topic, also written by non-Europeans.

The EU laws and regulations are quite simple to follow, and I dare say that it's much more difficult for those large corporations you mentioned because they usually have much more responsibilities. Smaller companies with a smaller scope do not have to worry about rules which do not concern them and their business.

So, to answer your question, yes, this is exactly what I want personally. For-profit actors need to be scrutinized.

[hownottowrite]

But if the rules impact a smaller company’s ability to market against larger and better funded competitors isn’t that an issue as well?

Ultimately my question isn’t about compliance. That is relatively simple. It’s about the downstream effects.