The GDPR is definitely neither wits end, nor applied reasonably under all circumstances. I have my doubts that these "cutbacks" will be the adequate reforms however.
Electromagnetic catapults are a "least concern" technology I would say, but that aside, currently our defence industries are intertwined. Thinking the EU is fully dependent on the US is delusional.
People are about to find out that even when the US often leads the way, there are also EU companies critical to US weapon systems.
Sure, you can "DIY" everything, but massively altering your supply chain is rarely a good idea. Will Orangeman realise that? We will see.
I can understand people not wanting to learn a ton of CLIs, I cannot understand people refusing to use any at all. They have the distinct advantage that you can copy + paste stuff, whereas in Windows you sometimes have to follow like a dozen steps to do whatever you want to do in a 2000s GUI.
To print and mail it maybe. Not that uncommon when signatures are legally required, although in that case I would expect clear instructions on the form. And also a "we don't do that here" response shortly after handing it in via email, since it wouldn't be hard to filter for that kind of stuff
1/3 of the Steam + Linux market, that accounted for an incredible 1.45% of Steam installs in February. This means there were roughly 67 Windows gamers for every Linux gamer (using Steam) that month.
So even if Linux gamers are 10 times more likely to care (and pay for) for game preservation, you are not even approaching the number of Windows users that might. Suppose 90% of Linux gamers care, while only 9% on Windows do, you still have roughly 9 Windows users for every Linux one. And this is a very generous assumption to make.
Maybe, eventually, at some point, this makes sense financially. But if your goal is to be profitable, you grab the low hanging fruits first, not invest in maybe 10% more potential users.
If you are talking about online services, Proton is a Swiss option and for what it's worth, Bitwarden offers an EU instance. Both are freemium OSS. You could also self-host Bitwarden. If you are looking for offline options, there are plenty. KeePass2 comes to mind.
I hate it when people want to hate on something, yet get the platform or alternatively the proposition wrong. Because you will release stuff as a Flatpak and possibly on Flathub.
If Axel Springer didn't own a significant share of the company, I would give them a shot