The only people really bitching about GDPR are software engineers and lawyers at companies whose privacy practices are still questionable after all the time given to clean up their act. That's why, if you look at HN comments, everyone seems to hate it. Sample bias. None of the remaining 7 billion people on the planet really know much about it. I bet if you summarize the regulation and describe it to a random person on the street, they'll nod and think "sure it's kind of a good idea" and forget about it in the next 10 seconds.