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>>grabeh+(OP)
The GDPR gets so much hate because it hits so many businesses where it hurts: data. GDPR "simply" gives you guidelines on how you can handle data from people within the EU. And that that data cannot be handled so liberally as it has been before. Of course that's annoying from a business perspective, but from an individuals privacy perspective, it's fantastic.

>>mrleit+s2
I think it gets "hate" from people who don't have much data but they still have to implement all the requirements, which go beyond than their own data storage. Ad-supported websites are probably the most common case here, even if the sites don't store any data themselves.

>>zerost+B9
Or perhaps these people/businesses have much more data about you and don't want to share how they monetize their "free" services by selling/renting/aggregating/analyzing your data?

Think of all the free apps: I was in a conference with startup founders bragging about the business they make selling the location data of app users by incorporating some third party libraries in their apps without the users knowing. Of course, everything is anonymized, is it?

Add-supported websites on the other hand have only to document what is going on and get the consent of the user. That's a simple notification bar with a button, like the cookie notice, plus a page detailing the privacy policy. The GDPR even mentions legitime reasons for collecting, storing and transmitting personal identifiable data like technical or business needs. And in addition, almost all ad networks are going to anonymize IP addresses by stripping some bits and have opt-out features for being profiled.

>>mstolp+lc
I d wager for the vast amount of websites (>90%) it's just the ads, IPs and email addresses. Most websites have no monetizable use of your private info other than ads.