> Every HN thread about GDPR devolves into this circular argument.

The only reason it devolves into a "circular argument" is that the vast majority of anti-GDPR comments on HN come from people who have never ever read even a single line from the regulation and just parrot the same old "GDPR requires these stupid banners".

> You’ll find zero intelligent engagement here if you bring this up however, because nobody here actually knows what they’re talking about when it comes to Europe’s legal patchwork and its kneecapping effect on the private sector that Europe desperately needs to fund its inverted social welfare liability death spiral.

Yup. And this is the other reason: bad faith word soup that doesn't even pretend to be coherent, mixes up everything together, and goes from non-sequitur to non-sequitur.

So. Yes, complying with GDPR is trivial for most companies. No, your yet-another-shitty-startup does not need to sell my precise geolocation data to data brokers to store for 12 years to survive: https://x.com/dmitriid/status/1817122117093056541 And no, it's not a burden not to do that.

> So. Yes, complying with GDPR is trivial for most companies. No, your yet-another-shitty-startup does not need to sell my precise geolocation data to data brokers to store for 12 years to survive: https://x.com/dmitriid/status/1817122117093056541 And no, it's not a burden not to do that.

this is exactly the attitude of these people

for most legitimate businesses the "pain" of the GDPR consisted of maybe removing Google Analytics from their website

the entire point is to stop the shitty companies (facebook) data harvesting everything they can get their dirty mits on