In regards to GDPR, I agree it's the right thing for consumers, but it puts compliance pressure on startups. So from the perspective of a startup, I could see its removal being a positive.
(Note that is just from the perspective of a startup)
(Note that is just from the perspective of a startup)
If they decide to delete their account and request that they be forgotten, delete that data that you only needed while providing the service.
It's not hard to comply, and it's a cost of doing business that you have to accept. If you implement it right, then you'll be compliant by default. Not sure how not being compliant is a positive for any startup.
It's the law in the EU, so unless you want to cut out a market of half a billion people, you have to comply.
Unless your business model revolves around usage of personal data, in which case GDPR is a very useful set of minimum baseline requirements for handling the data, compliance is fairly trivial.