>US companies like Meta or Google __LOVE__ GDPR

If that were the case they'd have spend money on supporting GDPR rather than sending armies of lobbyists to Brussels in an attempt to prevent it, or attempting to turn the US president in an attack dog on their behalf.

This generic libertarian talking point "companies love regulations!" is routinely disproved by how companies behave. As the article points out, you know what is good by who hates it.

Microsoft also hated windows piracy and "fought" against it, later they admitted it helped their business.

As for "libertarian talking point", it is survivor bios. There are very little tech compenies left in EU. Heavy regulation burden is one of the reasons.

All EU companies that could hate GSPR are gone, and their would be owners are just random people on internet.