Doesn't matter if they ignore the laws as then they have to pay fines which bolsters the Treasury anyway. It's win-win. That's why the EU itself loves to regula

Doesn't matter if they ignore the laws as then they have to pay fines which bolsters the Treasury anyway. It's win-win. That's why the EU itself loves to regulate in this way because dishing out tickets to American big-tech is a big money spinner for a superstate that is fast running out of money. The real problems start when these fines are being seen in the halls of power as disruptive to trade; as then it becomes a bilateral political issue which can of course blow up in a full blown trade spat very quickly. Also your example of ignoring Afghan laws on women doesn't work. If you tried to setup a business in Afghanistan that was say an online tutoring programme tailored for Aghan women. How quickly do you think your DNS will get pointed to 0.0.0.0 on the Afghan internet? And how quickly will they seek to prosecute you as a director of that business? As a foreigner living abroad, you'll probably be fine but you won't be making money from your target market. So you're finished. The law worked and you didn't ignore it.