You are way overestimating the actual effect that GDPR has on what people think data privacy is, i.e companies not having insight into personal lives. > if all

You are way overestimating the actual effect that GDPR has on what people think data privacy is, i.e companies not having insight into personal lives. > if all that matter is money then you're 100% right. Money is the only thing that matters. Every EU benefit that you get costs money, its just paid for indirectly.