The GDPR requires users to be able to say no, and not lose any functionality except that which absolutely requires this data.
If I refuse tracking for ads, then a newspaper can’t refuse me access to their articles.
If I refuse tracking for ads, then a newspaper can’t refuse me access to their articles.
This arbitrarily limits the range of businesses that can exist. For the sake of people who value their privacy having nothing denied to them, it reduces the services available to everyone.
they can. a business does not even need to do business with you. it's not a right that a business needs to service you. and btw. this is german law.
heck they can even rely on other laws to cancel your service any time they want.
in the next years GDPR will change nearly nothing. except that it will kill some smaller businesses.
GDPR is not strongly enforceable, if people think they have a right to something they still need to go to court.
the only thing which might change is that it will be easier to delete accounts and data (which is a good thing).
Even better, it requires the use to say “yes”.