I'm 60% sure it's people who read articles from Adtech Corporations about GDPR and not from people in the EU having to deal with it.

The only bad thing that I've noticed about GDPR is that some niche sites that rely on ad revenue are getting fucked over by Google (if you turn off personalized tracking for your visitors you still need the consent to track, there is no difference) so their income might break down.

That's quite sad but on the other hand they're exploring alternative methods of income and I'm certain adtech will adapt.

I doubt it's only that. I think it's also the tendency of people nowadays to only read titles and not to investigate further. I think some people are triggered by the phrase "right to be forgotten" and they jump to conclusions without finding out what it's really about.

The EU cookie law was almost the same issue, barely anyone implemented it and those who did did so poorly or incorrectly.

This time it bites back tho.