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GDPR is more than that. Consent or not, there are things bad actors can do in the USA that in the EU they just can't. Specially to children and vulnerable people. GDPR is an integral part of it. This is a small but significant first step in the right direction. Long way ahead still.

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Maybe but it feels like 1 step forward and 2 steps back. It feels like in the end they’re (companies) still getting 99% of what they had before and the user experience of everything is much worse.

The blah user experience isn't the whole picture for GDPR. It's just been the most visible part of it.

My personal GDPR hot take: it's actually been 2 steps forward and 1 super clumsy super loud and obnoxious step back.

I agree with the spirit of comment above. The common sense part of it (if there is one) might just end up eclipsed by wonky UX absurdity. Someone will find a way to paint this picture that our EU reality is a Kafkaesque dystopia.

Yes I used it when Confluence had a bug and an account with got stuck and there was no way to delete my account of finish the registration. So I issued a GDPR delete request and re-created the account. tada.wav

I've heard lots of people use it to actually find out what you were being banned for even when the company absolutely does not want to disclose it.

We should create gdprdelights.eu and list of these use cases.

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