> GDPR has cost hundreds of billions in compliance costs for really not a huge amount of gain in my opinion Last time I researched GDPR I discovered it's not m

> GDPR has cost hundreds of billions in compliance costs for really not a huge amount of gain in my opinion Last time I researched GDPR I discovered it's not meaningfully enforced and the advertising business hasn't changed significantly at all, even in Europe. They have a big back log of older claims and the stuff they enforce trickles out slowly. It's mostly voluntary compliance and only the bigger noisier consumer-UI facing social media companies get attention, not the bulk of business who make money off data. Similar to cookie banners I doubt it will have much long term impact for the internet in real terms (absent major enforcement on data industry and constant updates to reflect new technology/adaption ala cookies->fingerprinting/JS embeds), but people will claim it as a success regardless.