"Due to 27 different regulations in the EU alone (and more in other non-EU-countries), the administrative burden for international e-commerce is huge. Other than packaging regulations in many countries, WEEE regulations do typically not have any minimum thresholds or exceptions for SMEs. Therefore, WEEE registration and recycling fees are required in every country (separately – even within the EU) when shipping internationally. This also goes for startups and small stores which have just started selling electronics in Europe. (The laws even apply before the first sale is made.)"
I think the parent commenter was complaining about things that aren't EU-wide. This was and you're saying it's still not good enough
E.g. Germany has the BDSG, and the UK has (had?) the DPA.
We had a very restrictive privacy policy. We never shared or sold any information with third parties. We contractually stated this.
But that’s not enough for GDPR.
You mean the regulatory burden that the EU single market was made to fix but yet still exists?
Edit: I understand that for business especially non-european EU rules must be complicated. But seems to me that for the EU customer it works great.