Correctly handling user data is much cheaper if you bake it in from the start. The real costs are in figuring out how to follow GDPR when you already have priva

Correctly handling user data is much cheaper if you bake it in from the start. The real costs are in figuring out how to follow GDPR when you already have private user data saved all over the place and suddenly need to be able to do things like permanently remove all identifiable information for a single user. It isn't a huge loss if we no longer explore models that require violating privacy protections to get off the ground.