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The EU is definitely one of the more difficult, less free places for building online. I haven't heard of them coming down on small side projects, though. It would be crazy, given the goals of fostering more of an entrepreneurial tech scene, but I guess it's possible.

Even in China, which is definitely hard mode for established businesses, many hobby projects stay informal and aren't really cracked down on. My first tech job was at a startup in Beijing 11 years ago and we went through some serious hassle to get an ICP and initially just targeted the foreign market due to the lower compliance overhead. That said, none of my personal sites or games were ever blocked, as far as I know of. I knew some friends that built apps on WeChat and got fairly far before formalizing.