[jeremyjh]

The companies want to track everything you do on the web. EU passes a law that says they have to ask for permission first. They all comply maliciously because they still just want to track you.

Then you blame the government.

[duxup]

The mechanism that I have to make a legal agreement with every site was a government choice, and a poor one.

[jeremyjh]

No, its the website's choice. They want to track you. The government said they need permission to do that. They could offer a better experience by just not tracking you.

[duxup]

The result is entirely predictable. They picked it.

[nicbou]

No, the websites picked it. They consciously made cookie banners as annoying as possible so that you would give up and accept.

[duxup]

The government defined the options, the outcome was predictable. They should have defined different options.

[inigyou]

You're both right. The government could have just made it illegal.