> citation needed
Every statement issued by EU regulators to date.
> I have always been respectful and even never required emails on signups.
Good.
> I am not 95% there because there is a ton more to do.
Such as?
> In fact i am at 5% because i have a lot of small scale past projects.
You've had two full years to get this done. The law came into effect the 14th of April 2016. It is now May 2018.
> Not everyone is a VC-funded startup.
If you can build it you can also build it in a way that is compliant with the law and if you built it in a way that requires a lot of work to be compliant with the GDPR then you likely were already riding a very fine line with respect to the DPD which has been in effect for much longer.
> That's the kind of emotional reaction that everyone has to GDPR.
Emotions are a bad guide when it comes to legal stuff.
> Yes we like respecting privacy, it's a good thing, but there is a lot that is problematic with this legislation.
Such as?