Subnet - side effects of Bob

Thank you for your effort, but I don’t think that’s good news. That would mean that any subnet handling more than, say, 100 - 200 transactions per second would no longer be usable for update calls without paying for compute allocation ? And compute allocation could be very expensive for the developer and is also a bit unfaire , because it depends only of the subnet.

In general switching a project to another subnet is also not very easy with all the data. Is there a way to switch the subnet in an easy way with the data stored on the canister ?

I don’t want to imagine what it would mean if the IC gets even more usage than it does now. Hopping and switching the subnet will be a common task.

Have we reached here a dangerous limitation of the IC ?

In my case it is all about GDPR complaint applications. I would like to link the following post and articles about GDPR and ask how it aligns with the current situation:

https://forum.dfinity.org/t/european-subnet-on-the-internet-computer-a-step-toward-gdpr-ready-infrastructure/25110

https://medium.com/dfinity/the-internet-computer-blockchain-takes-a-first-step-towards-digital-sovereignty-in-europe-782531894780

Don’t get me wrong, but as of now, you can’t practically say that the IC is GDPR compliant if you have to rely on additional compute allocation due to the costs. A 1% allocation will cost approximately $35 per month.

My hope is, there will be a better solution than those you have mentioned.

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