DHH Slams 'GDPR Is Good' Take: Vague Rules Birthed a Bureaucratic Beast
dhh · x · 2026-09-11
- Rails creator DHH pushed back on Yacine MTB's "GDPR is good": only in a fantasy realm where its protections mattered, the EU had global regulatory hegemony, and its vague provisions didn't birth "a bureaucratic beast sucking up productive hours and capital."
- The exchange captures the tech/AI community's ongoing divide over EU-style regulation — compliance-cost frustration versus privacy protection — with obvious parallels to the AI Act debate.
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