The amount of dishonest conversation in this thread coming from supposed "hackers" is extremely aggravating. These laws have existed in various forms across several European countries for a few decades. It's now a standard across all of the EU. This is to say, that these have been tried, tested, found to be functional and useful; these regulations now have proper surface area coverage.
This is good for both companies and users. It gives companies clear goals and policies for how to treat users, their data, and what their users want to do with their data.
I think what we're seeing is a light shining brightly on some pretty scummy practices. It's understandable why developers who rely on user ignorance to make a profit/revenue would be bummed about this, because these regulations are correctly placing the burden on you, the developer, to be forthright and honest about what you're doing with people's personal and private information.
To developers who don't want to do business in an open and honest manner, who rely on low brow tactics with user data, who didn't have the good sense to know what was coming and plan for it: Good riddance. Try again.
This is good for both companies and users. It gives companies clear goals and policies for how to treat users, their data, and what their users want to do with their data.
I think what we're seeing is a light shining brightly on some pretty scummy practices. It's understandable why developers who rely on user ignorance to make a profit/revenue would be bummed about this, because these regulations are correctly placing the burden on you, the developer, to be forthright and honest about what you're doing with people's personal and private information.
To developers who don't want to do business in an open and honest manner, who rely on low brow tactics with user data, who didn't have the good sense to know what was coming and plan for it: Good riddance. Try again.