>IMO, it seemed that the purpose of GDPR was to create a legal arrangement to tax/fine Google (and other big US tech companies). The fine was going to happen on

>IMO, it seemed that the purpose of GDPR was to create a legal arrangement to tax/fine Google (and other big US tech companies). The fine was going to happen one way or another, the question was just how big it would be in the end. This is what I think as well. The attitude EU politicians (especially German and French) have taken against foreign tech companies is incredibly hostile. I assume they do this because we don't have many large tech companies in the EU. If they hurt foreign tech companies enough then perhaps there's a chance we might get some in the EU ourselves. What they don't understand is that the reason the EU doesn't have many major tech companies is because the environment is hostile towards them. Think back on when Zuckerberg was at the EU Parliament and he was asked to name an EU competitor to Facebook to show that they're not a monopoly.