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" This regulation is specifically (deliberately?) anti small business" No, it is not. "Well meaning regulation like this written by people who have never crea

" This regulation is specifically (deliberately?) anti small business" No, it is not. "Well meaning regulation like this written by people who have never created anything pratical in their lives other than regulations illustrates why entrepreneurship in modern Europe is nearly impossible." No, it doesn't. It demonstrates that far too many "entrepreneurs" are people who want to play fast and loose with regulations, and not be held accountable for anything.

AnimalMuppet 9y ago
Don't think of regulation as a binary - on or off. Instead, think of it as an adjustable knob. The higher you turn the knob, the harder it becomes to (compliantly) do things. Also (if the regulations are working as they should), the less the things that people do produce bad side effects. But the "harder to do things" part mean that fewer things get done - fewer new products and services get created. As the knob goes higher, not all of the things that don't get done are things that the regulations are designed to prevent. Some are perfectly fine things, but the burden of proving it is too much for the single person tinkering in their apartment to ever try to turn their idea into releasable reality.
- s73v3r_ 9y ago
  Sure, I agree with the knob analogy. I just don't think this puts that knob anywhere near too high. Quite frankly, if this industry was guided by ethics, most of these things would be things that companies are already doing.
  - AnimalMuppet 9y ago
    "This" (GDPR) may not. There's more than one regulation that make up "regulations", though. It's the total load that's the issue, not one directive.
    - s73v3r_ 9y ago
      I don't believe the entire load is anywhere near there, then. Also, for a lot of these things, once you have the procedures in place, maintaining compliance does not take much effort.
zip1234 9y ago
I highly doubt it is deliberately anti small business. However, governments don't actually know what the outcome of their laws will be until they are out in the open and if governments claim to know what the outcome will be, they are likely lying.

AnimalMuppet 9y ago

Don't think of regulation as a binary - on or off. Instead, think of it as an adjustable knob. The higher you turn the knob, the harder it becomes to (compliantly) do things. Also (if the regulations are working as they should), the less the things that people do produce bad side effects. But the "harder to do things" part mean that fewer things get done - fewer new products and services get created. As the knob goes higher, not all of the things that don't get done are things that the regulations are designed to prevent. Some are perfectly fine things, but the burden of proving it is too much for the single person tinkering in their apartment to ever try to turn their idea into releasable reality.

s73v3r_ 9y ago
Sure, I agree with the knob analogy. I just don't think this puts that knob anywhere near too high. Quite frankly, if this industry was guided by ethics, most of these things would be things that companies are already doing.
- AnimalMuppet 9y ago
  "This" (GDPR) may not. There's more than one regulation that make up "regulations", though. It's the total load that's the issue, not one directive.
  - s73v3r_ 9y ago
    I don't believe the entire load is anywhere near there, then. Also, for a lot of these things, once you have the procedures in place, maintaining compliance does not take much effort.

zip1234 9y ago

I highly doubt it is deliberately anti small business. However, governments don't actually know what the outcome of their laws will be until they are out in the open and if governments claim to know what the outcome will be, they are likely lying.