DHH Blasts GDPR as a 'Catastrophe' That Wasted Billions of Euros on Compliance
SumitGup · x · 2026-09-11
Rails creator DHH reacted to a thread about the futility of selling to EU companies, calling the GDPR a catastrophe for Europe: billions of euros misspent on 'stupid compliance games' with 'loser prizes,' backed by a real-world example in the quoted tweet.
He argues a bold EU should recognize how late the hour is and scrap the regulation entirely rather than keep patching it — a loud datapoint in Europe's ongoing regulatory-cost debate, relevant to AI products facing EU compliance.
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