[scoofy]

"Some lawmaker" is democracy. The point is that people are pissed off about the addictive UX, same as cigarettes, and candy. If you want to make a serious argument, just argue that you should be able to opt out, which is an entirely reasonable position.

[iamnothere]

Democracy is bound by the limits of the Constitution, outside of an amendment or a revolution. (Note that the latter is usually considered a Bad Thing; occasionally it works out for the better, but just as often for the worse.)

[dudefeliciano]

the EU doesn't have a constitution

[ben_w]

It does, it's just not the US constitution: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaties_of_the_European_Union

[dudefeliciano]

Right, it has a set of treaties, not a unified constitution. And there have been a number of cases in which member state laws clashed with EU laws:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primacy_of_European_Union_law

[iamnothere]

Is CA in the US or the EU?

Didn’t think so, and we didn’t ask for your opinion

[dudefeliciano]

> This is EU Cookies Banner level of state interference making UX worse for everyone

A couple of comments up in this thread.