[jabej]

I haven’t built any of those, but I feel like the cookie law is profoundly stupid and I think that it’s fair to punish users for their bad voting choices.

If you want to block third party cookies you have always had a switch there in your browser options.

[Semaphor]

It’s neither a cookie law, nor about cookies. It’s about tracking and is far more comprehensive. The adtech industry is just engaging in collaborative gaslighting and very successful at it.

[robin_reala]

Many third parties are now relying on information forwarded to them through first party systems and cookies. This forces sites to isolate those and provide a way of disabling the flow of personal data regardless.

[dmitriid]

In the absolute vast majority of cases those popup banners are illegal under the rather straightforward and unequivocal law.

If 5 years after GDPR went into effect you still don't know what it is and why it exists, your company deserves to be sued into oblivion.