I read the farwell-post as "My start-up failed, and I am shutting it down because I am sick of it", but instead of owning up, I blame the GDPR... As a Brit, he

I read the farwell-post as "My start-up failed, and I am shutting it down because I am sick of it", but instead of owning up, I blame the GDPR... As a Brit, he would most likely already have to comply with most of the stuff already. And he should know that most government bodies use dialogue instead of fines initially..