> I’m sorry, but I can’t comply.
> Good luck.
The follow up around 2016: https://twitter.com/royvanrijn/status/788436253532426241
> Nothing happened, never heard from them again...
I couldn't find the code anywhere on his Github profile, so not sure if he actually took the step to publish the code.
I don't use comment forms, as they are a headache to maintain over the years. I used to have comments but removed them and discussions move to other media (HN, Twitter, Reddit). For analytics I use Plausible [1], self-hosted, and that's fully GDPR compliant.
I live in the EU (NL) and the server is located in AMS3 for DO. This setup runs perfectly fine for me for several years now.