[PrimeMcFly]

> That's what the companies make browsing the web in the EU look like nowadays. It's their decision to abuse us - and the law - and it is on them to fix it.

No, it's the EU that mandated those popups - an asinine solution to the tracking problem. The EU gets the blame.

[jacquesm]

The EU does not mandate popups. The EU mandates consent to be tracked. You could simply not track and then you wouldn't need consent. Or you could do it without a popup.

[PrimeMcFly]

> The EU does not mandate popups. The EU mandates consent to be tracked.

Same difference. Semantics.

> You could simply not track and then you wouldn't need consent.

Not all tracking is malicious. It's not going to disappear, hence the popups.

As I said, it's an asinine solution. It's as useless as the default browser nonsense. The EU seems to make one of these annoying blunders every decade or so, next one should be coming up.

[jacquesm]

You have cause and effect mixed up, that's fine by me but you're not helping yourself - or the rest of the world - by doing that. The EU is simply trying to ensure that the rights of its subjects are respected. Companies apparently care more about their bottom line than either the comfort or the rights of those subjects and that is why you have those popups. Note that on my website there are no such popups and yet I'm completely in compliance with the law. Every other website could do the same.

[PrimeMcFly]

> You have cause and effect mixed up, that's fine by me but you're not helping yourself - or the rest of the world - by doing that.

That's simply not true.

The EU legislated solution is directly responsible for the popup spam. There were other alternate solutions that would not lead to popup spam.

Your site may not need a popup, but many more complex sites do, and not because they are doing nefarious things.

It's OK to admit the EU makes bonehead decisions sometimes.