It's much more likely the current US administration will attempt to retaliate against the EU in some way in order to get this rolled back.

Why would they? Is the US Gov expected to protect the online advertisement business for some reason?

The US did vote against net neutrality just so that citizens could be abused for money, this seems par for the course?

The US did not vote for this. A panel of unelected bureaucrats did.

Correct. An independent federal agency run by 3 republicans and 2 democrats.

The online advertisement industry is dominated by US companies.

GDPR benefits the US and US tech dominance. With GDPR the EU just legislated away one of the most profitable monetization schemes ever devised. I think the administration will sit back and do nothing and watch the fire from across the pond.

> legislated away one of the most profitable monetization schemes ever devised, when it used against and without the consent of European customers

Fixed that for you.

It turned it from a monetization-scheme to a donation-based scheme. Let's not lie, we know these don't work, we all know the ruse.

You mean the consent like not going on the website in the first place? And if all GDPR was just a bunch of consent forms it wouldn't even be a problem.

GDPR is bad/onerous for the following reasons

- right to have access to the information that is being stored on you

- right to be forgotten

- right to view a web page without being shown ads

If GDPR was only asking for consent + banning the sale of information to 3rd parties it would hardly have had the chilling effect it is currently having.

You mean

- right to have access to _your_ information

- right to interrupt the service and get back _your_ information

- right to view a web page _with_ ads but without obligation to give to anyone _your_ information

I don't care how you reword it, those "rights" are stupid.

Good. Not everything needs to be "monetized".

>Good

I've been seeing GDPR supporters saying that a lot recently. Time will show if it's true. I admit it's possible that removing ads as a revenue model could somehow allow europeans to innovate and discover a superior model but I'm not betting on it.

Thank you Europe for being the guinea pigs, you will either lead the way or hopefully prevent others from making the same mistakes.

Hopefully prevent others... You just admitted you are on a crusade whatever the truth or outcome?

My reading is: if it's a mistake, hopefully other people learn from it. Because usually people only learn from their own mistakes.

This is correct.

Thank you for giving my comment the least charitable reading possible. If that were the case why would I even bother leading with

"you will either lead the way" If a better monetization scheme that ads arises from the ashes of GDPR then I really will have no reason to be frustrated.

Correct. EU businesses have been put into one-way contracts to service their customers.

i hope the US manages to pass a sensible, pragmatic regulation that takes into account the realities of the internet, because gdpr is a bureaucratic nightmare.