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Think of the typical consumer of web apps, like people who run Wordpress and Shopify sites and click their backend together with tools like Zapier and the like.

Think of the typical consumer of web apps, like people who run Wordpress and Shopify sites and click their backend together with tools like Zapier and the like. How can they comply without an universal protocol embedded into all the tools they use, without losing the advantage of automation? They have to delete stuff manually, and hope that the marketing tools they use provide options to delete it. What GDPR does is that it makes starting your own business less attractive, and funnels people back into the traditional work environment. And by doing that they also reduce the amount of potential customers for smaller startups aiming at small business and these people.

pimmen 9y ago
I would claim the opposite. If you're starting a business you'll research how to click your backend together in a way that doesn't leak all of your user's data in all directions. Than you'll build a backend that never had these problems to begin with. It's much more of a pain for companies that already have a tried and true stack but didn't use the two full years of warning to replace the parts of the backend that isn't compliant. No rest for the wicked.
- ucaetano 9y ago
  Ohm that's if you're starting a business, which will now carry a much higher cost. And if you have a business running, bad news, costs will increase significantly.
  - hekfu 9y ago
    As someone trying to start a business : boo frickin hoo. This is not kindergarden, this is adults trying to run a business. The deal of private property and capitalism is: private person figures out how to do things within the law, profitable, and then gets to keep said profits, minus the subscription fee for the society that enabled that business ( taxes). If the law is nonsensical, private person can try to change it. This law is not that. It is what everyone wants for their data, if they can get it. So i'll gladly deal with the headaches, because at least my data is protected by the same law

pimmen 9y ago

I would claim the opposite. If you're starting a business you'll research how to click your backend together in a way that doesn't leak all of your user's data in all directions. Than you'll build a backend that never had these problems to begin with. It's much more of a pain for companies that already have a tried and true stack but didn't use the two full years of warning to replace the parts of the backend that isn't compliant. No rest for the wicked.

ucaetano 9y ago
Ohm that's if you're starting a business, which will now carry a much higher cost. And if you have a business running, bad news, costs will increase significantly.
- hekfu 9y ago
  As someone trying to start a business : boo frickin hoo. This is not kindergarden, this is adults trying to run a business. The deal of private property and capitalism is: private person figures out how to do things within the law, profitable, and then gets to keep said profits, minus the subscription fee for the society that enabled that business ( taxes). If the law is nonsensical, private person can try to change it. This law is not that. It is what everyone wants for their data, if they can get it. So i'll gladly deal with the headaches, because at least my data is protected by the same law