People tend to forget that it is not applicable. For instance nothing I build will ever comply to it regardless of users that might be in europe
Clubhouse has no duty to obey european law
The question is: why do you think the need to be compliant?
For the same reason WhatsApp's new T&Cs don't really change anything for EU users.
However I don't think the collection of contacts is actually illegal under GDPR, considering WhatsApp does exactly this too. And it's huge in Europe, much bigger than in the US. if they haven't gone after WhatsApp for this, they will probably not do so for Clubhouse.
Just like I don't have to comply if I have EU users on a service, I am in the united stated. europe cannot enforce their laws here. It's just the same as if saudia arabia tried to enforce their laws here. They carry no wait
That is what makes the GDPR insignificant. It applies to Europe. Not the rest of the world. The cookie warnings for the vast majority of the internet are stupid an unnecessary
So call it illegal in europe but who cares?
It honestly is maddening how many people care about the GDPR that don't need to
Anyway the EU says it applies but I agree they don't really have much in the way of enforcement capability with companies that have no presence here. Though they could ask Apple/Google to remove it from the store I suppose.
And of course most companies do have a presence here. All multinationals do, and even the smaller ones. Even if it's just a sales office.