> but will continue to go back and forth if GDPR remains as-is.

Yes, it should remain as is and enforced. Yes, storing your users' data in the US is extremely problematic because the US really couldn't give two shits about privacy, or user data.

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pembrook an hour ago | parent [-]

I totally get it, it's fun to take wildly impractical ideological stances on things and ignore reality.

However, this generation is beginning to learn the lesson every generation learns: one has to deal with the world as it is, not as one wishes it were. Scarcity exists.

Unfortunately, in globalized economic reality, you will have to transfer data to other countries to conduct business.

Unfortunately, in fossil fuel driven reality, you can't just shut off the fossil fuels and switch to paper straws, you have to build actually viable alternatives first.

Unfortunately, in non-world-peace reality, you can't just stop having a military and become pacifist. Turns out you still need missiles and tanks.

Unfortunately, in low-birth and low-economic-growth reality, you cannot let people retire at 62 and draw inflation-pegged pensions until death.

Unfortunately, in non-0 interest rate reality, governments can't keep deficit spending to prop up a broken socialist economic model.

Etc. Etc.

	▲	vladms 21 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		You don't give any reference that we can look up regarding the problems you mention (ref: "if you're using any service touching data in any part of your business even remotely connected to the US or any non-EU country (so, almost everything"). They might be very reasonable, but seems we miss the point if we don't talk a bit more detailed. What services are you talking about? AWS? Microsoft? Some small startup? Gmail? What data? etc.