if I were starting a startup, especially a social one, EU rules are literally the last thing on the earth that I would be caring about.
Come to think of it, I have never and hope to never consider the EU rules ever in my lifetime.
Come to think of it, I have never and hope to never consider the EU rules ever in my lifetime.
What other expectations of society would your startup ignore?
Except when you think of incentives.
Then you just say "Sorry!" and you implement what they want.
This is probably different if your company is in the EU, but this is my North American point of view.