> It says something when tech-savvy people agree to sacrifice time and effort and probably profits to protect their users from their own software. Or the compe

> It says something when tech-savvy people agree to sacrifice time and effort and probably profits to protect their users from their own software. Or the competitors' software. Consider some business that was doing what GDPR requires already: users could delete their data, they could request a complete copy of it as well as an explanation what it is used for, and it was only used for defined purposes that the user signed off prior anyway. Sadly, that reduces flexibility somewhat, but they're doing it because they consider it the right thing. For them, GDPR levels the playing field and makes sure that they never have to stray from this conduct just to remain competitive with companies that aren't so nice to their users.