That all sounds pretty rosy, and my BS-meter is pegged. I think it's just as likely that the corporations have figured out how to skirt the law and get everything they wanted anyway.

> If all you associate with the GDPR is cookie consent dialogs then maybe these discussions are not for you?

You realize that you are the unique one? Most people don't care about abstract concepts of digital privacy and just hit whatever button on that dialog that makes it go away. Who knows what they're opting in to, and they don't really care.

These are definitely the sorts of things we should factor into regulation lest we continue to pave that road to hell with shiny good intentions.