7 years of complaining about it hasn't changed that. Do you think another 7 years will be more effective?
Alternatively, the EU could change the laws. Or enforce the existing ones.
Alternatively, the EU could change the laws. Or enforce the existing ones.
Funnily how "7 years of complaining" was, and continues to be, only about the EU. Not about the predatory businesses creating these banners (often in direct violation of GDPR).
> Or enforce the existing ones.
That's definitely the biggest criticism you can level at EU: they are too slow in enforcing this.
I think the tide is very slowly changing. First they started showing reject buttons https://noyb.eu/en/where-did-all-reject-buttons-come There's a report on the cookie banners in the works: https://noyb.eu/en/data-protection-authorities-support-noybs... etc.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17679596
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25457469
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30982470
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23090393
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29529062
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19381063
All of these links have comments against this sentiment.
This comment from one o the linked discussions sums it up well: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29529190