Meanwhile here in the US I have to acknowledge that websites use cookies 500,000 times a day. Thanks, Europe.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-15/-the-amer...
If the intent of this law was to stop websites from collecting user data then it appears to me it has completely failed while also introducing more friction for users.
Not EU's fault if websites developers can't figure out how not to display EU mandatory popups in the US (pro tip: it's not that difficult). On my side of the pond these popups are actually useful.
Can you elaborate on that ?
Part of the reason why is that the commission doesn't have to follow GDPR (rules for thee).
What are the consequences of failing to serve a popup to e.g. a European who's using a VPN, or who has a slightly unusual IP address for which geolocation doesn't work properly, or to someone with a non-European account who is in Europe on a visa?
Blaming harassment on the law seems a bit strange, it's the website doing it because it wants have your data, not because it is obliged to ask you about it. Not collecting data is an option too, but it seems not to these websites.
Most people have no idea about these settings and shouldn't have to worry about them.
those don't need consent.
For me it is a very good filter - most of the time I don't actually care that much about the website so... you want my data ? ctrl-w it is.
The GDPR is the result of market failing to self-regulate, and now sites can't get data without consent, unless they want to get fined.
Pointless. But it made someone in the EU feel like they accomplished something.