My first reaction to getting an email from Google like "Here's what we're doing to be compliant with GDPR" is like... amazed incredulity that governments are actually able to regulate corporations?
@jennamagius It was pretty cool to see the reaction at work. "OK, here's what we're gonna do to be GDPR compliant: We're going to take a user-privacy-centric approach to engineering."
It's like employees actually wanted to do it in the first place, but didn't have a business reason to push for it. Now they do!
@varx That's a rather optimistic interpretation that is kinda the exact opposite of my gut reaction. (Not saying you're wrong.)
My first take was like "Wow, that must be a huge investment and take a lot of overhead to comply with, I'm surprised they don't just... refuse."
But that's like a terrible instinct of mine, of course. The state monopoly on violence should 100% be used to make corporations dance for the people.
@varx The state monopoly on violence is a hell of a drug, I guess, is my take.
