I'm not sure what else I should reply to something like your comment before tbh. Neither can I predict the future, nor am I a lawyer. I'm just posting about my opinion, which I got by gathering information online and from consulting with a lawyer. I've stated the conclusion I've come to, based on this information and yes, I believe that to be correct (or as correct as one can be about a law with no reference cases in court yet).
I was just pointing out, that when a lawyer says "probably", he usually has a good reason to do so. And it's my strong belief that the reference cases in court will not be fought by small companies, because they rarely are.. There is just not enough money to make fit the effort you need to put in winning the first case. Before there is not one single case, I don't think it's necessary to panic and shut everyone out.
You don't need to believe me or agree with me, but reducing this to "my personal appetite for risk" is really weird.
You stated your extremely general conclusions, and only later mentioned that they were relevant to your personal business. And in this particular sub-thread, you made a very general statement about risk, again without qualifying it at all. And you only mentioned the lawyer after you were challenged about a general statement.
Maybe you have huge assumptions that people reading what you say will add all kinds of limitations to what you say? I don't. It leads to terrible discussions, like this one.
I'm sorry for making too generic statements, I'm not trying to have a bad discussion, really.
Regarding the personal risk comment, I could've been more clear: From what I got, no lawyer can give you a guarantee at the moment, that what he says is actually what will happen. So in the end you'll have to take action based on recommendations, and take a risk - or, as the op, shut out all European users completely. My personal risk is continuing to do business in the EU, even with this uncertainty. You couldn't have guessed all that from my earlier comment, so I agree it was bad..
I was just pointing out, that when a lawyer says "probably", he usually has a good reason to do so. And it's my strong belief that the reference cases in court will not be fought by small companies, because they rarely are.. There is just not enough money to make fit the effort you need to put in winning the first case. Before there is not one single case, I don't think it's necessary to panic and shut everyone out.
You don't need to believe me or agree with me, but reducing this to "my personal appetite for risk" is really weird.