I guess the crux of the matter is I don't generally consider EU regulations "unfair" nor "hair brained". I think competition laws are needed to prevent abuse of

I guess the crux of the matter is I don't generally consider EU regulations "unfair" nor "hair brained". I think competition laws are needed to prevent abuse of market dominance, I think the GDPR is a good thing as it brings data protection into the 21 century. I do think the proposed copyright law is a terrible but that's just one bad egg and one which still has the potential to get blocked (plus as you've highlighted, America isn't any better at copyright reform nor legislations that don't have global implications for non-US businesses). So I welcome the fact that I'm protected by the EU even when I do business with American sites. If they don't like that then they're free to block my IP (it's really very easy to throw up blocks based on geographic IPs - it's something I've needed to do myself for several different projects due to political or legal reasons. So I'm quite aware of how GDPR affects American websites as well).