> Literally runs counter to everything the GDPR stands for.
If the idea is that no one should be able to avoid complying with the GDPR, even if they decide they no longer want to do business with whomever it is exactly that's covered by it, then maybe the whole thing was a bad tradeoff. I'll grant that Google and Facebook might be acting in bad faith – hell, I'll just assume they are – but surely, for some not-necessarily-insignificant number of other entities, it should be perfectly fine if they decide that the costs of compliance exceed the corresponding benefits.
If the idea is that no one should be able to avoid complying with the GDPR, even if they decide they no longer want to do business with whomever it is exactly that's covered by it, then maybe the whole thing was a bad tradeoff. I'll grant that Google and Facebook might be acting in bad faith – hell, I'll just assume they are – but surely, for some not-necessarily-insignificant number of other entities, it should be perfectly fine if they decide that the costs of compliance exceed the corresponding benefits.