This might be it for like a very small handful of malicious companies. More realistically they are companies who have very little market share in the EU and the

This might be it for like a very small handful of malicious companies. More realistically they are companies who have very little market share in the EU and their attorneys are very risk-averse and tell them a simple opt-out with few billing hours creates the most ROI. EU citizens should not be pissed off that second-order effects exist in the world. If they are, they need to take ECN 101/102 again and pay closer attention.