True, but my point remains. This shitty experience we're collectively having here this isn't "the EU forcing cookie notification on people", it's "the malicious compliance of companies that profit from user tracking."

Every company that shows you an cookie popup has made the choice to put a few fractions of pennies of possible future profit ahead of your experience.

gdpr.eu/cookies/

Cookies, the GDPR, and the ePrivacy Directive - GDPR.eu

Cookies can give businesses insight into their users’ online activity. Unforunately they are subject to both the GDPR and the ePrivacy Directive, making compliance difficult.

^{Richie Koch (GDPR.eu)}

@javier Websites that don't use cookies are not involved. Neither are websites that only use cookies that are _required_ for the website to function, e.g. session tokens.

It's only when you'd like to use cookies to track users and deliver personalized ads that you have to deal with this stuff.

It's a choice.

Most websites simply don't choose the privacy-friendly option.

@scy @javier one of the big problems nobody talks about: tech is largely only explained by entities who have no incentive to explain it *well*.

Google, Meta, large ad networks are all like "stupid EU makes us do Cookie banner".

While the actual regulation is actually pretty good. The regulation is basically "don't fuck around with user data. But if you do, you at least need to tell the user".