That's a really risky maneuver for Facebook. Yeah, maybe it has the desired result and the regulators back down. Or maybe competitors that have been locked out

That's a really risky maneuver for Facebook. Yeah, maybe it has the desired result and the regulators back down. Or maybe competitors that have been locked out for over a decade due to the unassailable network advantage of Facebook finally have their chance to shine, and a new European social network competitor to Facebook rises up. The new competitor would be able to architect their service ground-up for GDPR compliance, which is something Facebook hasn't really been able to do since their platform has a lot of architectural inertia behind it.