Ask HN: Will the U.S. ever have a law similar to the EU's GDPR? Why or why not?

Lots of discussion about GDPR-like regulation in the US going on here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16786072

Given the political momentum I could see SOME law getting passed. But if you look at the industry they're too different. The US has many significant players that'd suffer. Europe has few, hurting an already insignificant tech industry won't matter. It's another opportunity for them to ransom American corporations. And in fact, you could argue it's going to help local startups in a protectionist China-like way.

The point is - incentives are very different.

I don´t think it will come soon but maybe in some years. At the moment the politic in the US is too much focused on spying and getting information about their people. In some way, it might be okay to use the data for security but most companies misuse the data.