Uh, ok. So the result of the regulation is a bunch of obnoxious as you can be stuff that’s not effective (per the service). If the regulation didn’t exist, neither would the obnoxious banners that indicate compliance but in fact don’t mean compliance (according to the article). What is truly shocking is people say “it would work if only companies just followed the spirit of the regulation instead of the minimum required to avoid sanction” - sure, it’s true and we also wouldn’t need prisons if people would just follow the spirit of the law.

EPrivacy is a stupid regulation, no matter how well intentioned. It’s ended up polluting everything with obnoxious garbage that everyone (except I’m sure the random HN privacy nerd) clicks through blindly and aren’t really adhered to anyways for the HN privacy nerd who spends more time reading popups about privacy than the actual content they were after.

Sounds like a lose, lose.