Came here to say this. The added complexity is regulation saying you need to keep data on your customers. In a way the early somewhat anonymous internet was be

Came here to say this. The added complexity is regulation saying you need to keep data on your customers. In a way the early somewhat anonymous internet was better in this regard. An edit to add, if you encrypt user data at rest (big ask currently). You can destroy the keys past a point and then the data in backups is safe etc. Anyway it'll take a while for this view of the world to shake through.