> [...] there is a big group of tech people that have no interest in dealing with legal matters more than the bare minimum, and overall deem them risky.

Then maybe those people shouldn't be opening side businesses? Running a business implies having to deal with business matters which include legal.

For example in Switzerland if I want to open a small cafe in the corner selling home made cheesecake, I'll have to first figure out what the exact regulations in my state are, obtain a permit for opening one, create a "Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points" concept and send it to the authorities, make somewhat sure I get accounting right, maybe getting a permit for infrastructure changes, etc.

I'm not talking about GDPR especially because I don't know enough about it yet. And in general I am sceptical of laws and regulations that don't seem absolutely necessary.

What I don't get is why anyone should care that some tech people running a business don't want do deal with legal like everyone else? What makes us so special?