[LastWeekendWas]

Except harvesting your customers [personal] data isn't just scummy, it is no longer a legitimate business model in Europe.

There is no excuse for VCs not getting up to speed on the GDPR.

[tticvs]

American VCs don't care much about EU regulations despite what the Europeans wants you to believe.

[LastWeekendWas]

They can say goodbye to the European market then.

(And the privacy conscious segment of the US market.)

[tticvs]

Not a very good threat since the EU market is just a distraction for all but the largest American companies, and only becoming more so every year.

Privacy conscious segment of the US market is a rounding error, despite what HN would have you believe.

[LastWeekendWas]

And in keeping out the parasites, nothing of value was lost :-)

[tticvs]

Remains to be seen