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    Patrick Collison‏Verified account @patrickc 3 Jul 2018
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    Patrick Collison Retweeted ؜

    Dutch founder of multiple successful tech businesses:https://twitter.com/levelsio/status/1014367940148260864?s=21 …

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    Cookie law (2013) VATMOSS (2016) GDPR (2018) EU Copyright (2019) EU is making it impossible for startups to operate. That’s the same businesses it’s lacking in and trying to attract. 🤷‍♀️ https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180703/01343440162/latest-text-eu-copyright-directive-shows-even-worse-than-expected-must-be-stopped.shtml …
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      2. Charles HooperLee‏ @charleshooper 4 Jul 2018
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        As a consumer, I'm generally happy about the directionality of GDPR but I haven't been able to stop thinking about this

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      3. Patrick Collison‏Verified account @patrickc 4 Jul 2018
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        Replying to @charleshooper

        Patrick Collison Retweeted Darian Moody

        Yeah, I think intent very reasonable, but effects likely to prove quite unfortunate... https://twitter.com/djm_/status/1014465023413030912?s=21 …. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politician%27s_syllogism ….)

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        Darian Moody @djm_
        Most people I talk to about GDPR don't understand this. Do you see any incumbents complaining about it? Not so much. They're too busy rubbing their hands together with joy over how hard this makes business for small companies. https://twitter.com/levelsio/status/1014367940148260864 …
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      1. David Petersen‏ @typesfaster 4 Jul 2018
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        Competition heating up between EU and the city of SF to drive out startups.

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      2. Arvid Gerstmann‏ @ArvidGerstmann 3 Jul 2018
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        I can agree on VATMOSS, it's making things complicated for almost no reason. However, GDPR (& cookie law) are great. I like my privacy. And with all due respect, if you can't build a business respecting these, than you don't have a good business.

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      3. ؜‏Verified account @levelsio 3 Jul 2018
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        Replying to @ArvidGerstmann @patrickc

        I agree a bit with this, but I can guarantee very few small business are or will ever be compliant.

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      2. Kim-Mai Cutler‏Verified account @kimmaicutler 3 Jul 2018
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        You actually have some influence over this, Patrick. The vote is tomorrow. Wikipedia is holding some of its European pages on blackout to bring awareness and pressure to EU MPs.

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      2. Owen Williams  ⚡‏Verified account @ow 3 Jul 2018
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        having gone through VATMOSS hell and back they're basically intent on making people not want to start here

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      2. Michael Akilian‏ @akilian 4 Jul 2018
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        Have always felt regulations like this should impact you proportionately to the number of people your business impacts. I.e. a small business shouldn't have to do much because they are, well, small.

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      3. Noah Tye‏ @noahlt 4 Jul 2018
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        there are some laws that do this coarsely by treating "small businesses" differently, giving them lesser regulations and/or penalties, but it really should be more continuously proportional, and more widespread.

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