Just because we don't take the side of what the tech companies tell us (which obviously will try to portray it negatively, it's in their interest to do so) does

Just because we don't take the side of what the tech companies tell us (which obviously will try to portray it negatively, it's in their interest to do so) doesn't mean that we think GDPR or similar laws are perfect either. I think the true effects of GDPR will take 5-10 years to develop and we'll see then if it was a good idea. I'm just glad I grew up in a world where I had easy free access to very powerful online tools because I cannot say if the same will be true in the future.