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It's as helpful as the cookie notifications on all the European websites.

EU Cookie law was mostly to deter the use of tracking tools (and actually allows them for login etc) but people ignored it and just slapped banners on.

Stupid real people creating unintended consequences for the well-meaning legislators. How's a legislator to regulate anything around here ?

Whatever it was intended for, they succeeded in making the browsing experience worse and annoying millions of people daily.

I have a picture of one of those signs near our hotel when we stayed there. My wife and I were very surprised to see it. It's so ridiculous.

i live in California and i endorse your message. prop 65 warnings have become practically meaningless to me.

those warnings are almost everywhere. the average Californian could not carry out their daily routine if they refused to enter any buildings that had Prop 65 warning signs.