There's often a business driven narrative for how the GDPR holds back smaller businesses. I believe this originates from how it's scarcely enforced, and much e

There's often a business driven narrative for how the GDPR holds back smaller businesses. I believe this originates from how it's scarcely enforced, and much easier for Google or Facebook to ignore it and create 5 years of delays before a ruling - a smaller rival start-up couldn't generate those kinds of delays, as they don't employ enough people in Ireland to inform the government there of the wisdom of ensuring there isn't a ruling for some time... Cynicism aside, GDPR (if properly adhered to, which most people don't!) presents a challenge to the business model of freemium services, and we know free/freemium is one of the best ways to create low friction growth. Complying with legislation around data use while trying to build a start-up seems to be people's concern. Although in saying this, if you genuinely believe in privacy first, it isn't an issue. But relatively few businesses do, and most are still looking for their monetisation route, assuming ongoing eyeballs are deferred future revenue.