A significant proportion of the 500 million citizens of the EU are "privacy oriented".
If you can't keep our data safe, why should you be trusted with it?
If you can't keep our data safe, why should you be trusted with it?
The amount of conflicting information about whether I do or don't need consent based on what services I use is just stupid. And I wouldn't even be showing ads.
Part of the apps function is related to location, do I need consent? Maybe.
It will use Firebase, do I need consent? Maybe.
It will collect crash data so I can debug the stupid thing, do I need consent? Maybe.
Etc...
For purely personal use "hey guys, this is just a hobby use at your own risk" you won't get hit with gdpr
Imagine if you were building cars for a hobby then selling them. Would you complain about all of those onerous regulations like seatbelts, crunch zones etc when all zou really want to do is tinker with some cool engine tech?
Like I said, all it will accomplish is discouraging projects like mine that aim to provide utility to some people. One of my released hobby apps is no great commercial success (I don't show ads or collect revenue), but it's one of the top rated apps in its category on the Play Store, and I have about 20k DAU.
If the GDPR ever came after me for it, I'd just take the app down. Bam, 20k people a day affected because of over regulation.
Also, I wouldn't equate personalized ads with the life and death regulations involved in the auto industry.