This was the second example I've seen today of a smaller website deciding it is easier to shut down parts of their website, rather than attempt compliance with

This was the second example I've seen today of a smaller website deciding it is easier to shut down parts of their website, rather than attempt compliance with GDPR. (The other was StreetLend, see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16954306 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16954306 ) In this case, it affects me directly as a regular reader of Alastair's blog. I got notifications of new posts via his email list, but he is deleting the MailChimp mailing list because GDPR requires him to delete everyone anyway and re-opt-in under new GDPR consent (even though the list was already double/confirmed opt-in). He's also deleting the entire Wordpress blog comment history, because it is easier to delete everything than to individually contact all the commenters and ask them to provide new explicit GDPR consent for previously posted comments.