Did companies like Facebook ever say their business was impacted negatively by GDPR - no?
But they were impacted by billions once Apple did one 10 line rule change strengthening privacy and pop up on apps. It didn’t take a 11 chapter 99 section law.
That's an interesting proxy for measurement for sure, but there are others. It rests on the assumption that all privacy improvements will cost Facebook significantly. I don't think that has been demonstrated to be fact. It seems that many will but also many won't. Apparently, just for example, being able to obtain and delete their data didn't effect them in the same way.
intentions: Holy! effects: annoyed consumers, legal maze for smaller companies, more job opportunities for lawyers