>> Salesforce relied on things this 'privacy law' would make illegal in order to get where they are today. This law would prevent other companies from following in their footsteps.
> Are those things we want other companies to be doing, though?
Apparently if someone got successful doing something bad once, we're supposed to be OK with people doing that bad thing forever, lest we risk some "regulatory capture" boogeyman.
The solution to regulatory capture is an actual solution to regulatory capture, not a general aversion to regulation.