Without a footprint in the EU, there is no legal action the EU can take against a foreign organization. Sure, the EU might ban your organization from operating legally in their markets, but again, there is no legal recourse for the EU. You might as well circumvent the ban too.
What if one visits EU? Will you get in trouble at the airport?
I’m thinking for startups, maybe default to servers in EU. Until you get big enough where you can handle complex geographical distributed infrastructure.
Without a footprint in the EU, there is no legal action the EU can take against a foreign organization. Sure, the EU might ban your organization from operating legally in their markets, but again, there is no legal recourse for the EU. You might as well circumvent the ban too.