As someone who was very skeptical of GDPR (particularly the affect it can have on startups and whether an early business is viable with minimal staff), I think this article makes a great point. My opinion on GDPR has improved a lot after seeing the effects myself. I still don't think it's perfect by any stretch, and I'd love to see improvements, but it does seem important and I'm glad we started somewhere.

I'm not overly optimistic about this, but I do hope we can look at this and GDPR as something with pros and cons, rather than entirely perfect or entirely evil. The real world is rarely black and white, and I think this article demonstrates that nicely.

Link to the EFF's recommendations for privacy laws (which I think is worthwhile reading): https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/06/effs-recommendations-c...