I'd like to point out the OP's author gave many examples of both EU & US websites, explained how both are probably not GDPR compliant, and explained how the US

I'd like to point out the OP's author gave many examples of both EU & US websites, explained how both are probably not GDPR compliant, and explained how the US sites have been sued. I did not read to the end, but from what I read there were no examples of any EU sites being sued/punished for GDPR compliance. That is a problem, because it seems quite clear the EU regulations are setup for the purpose of taxing foreign tech companies. One could argue the EU websites are de facto compliant, but the OP indicates otherwise. We get it.