Yeah, all those annoying "we use cookies" pop-ups are inspiring
This is at least the billionth time it’s been pointed out, but the GDPR is not responsible for those annoying pop-ups. The GDPR is erroneously blamed for them, when in reality, the pop-ups are a deliberate choice made by site operators. Feel free to brush up on the GDPR, the EPD, and how they work together: https://gdpr.eu/cookies/
The website you linked to itself has a cookie banner. One that says they'll assume I consented if I continue to use the site.
I don't think the GP is suggesting that the GDPR mandated those shitty popups, I think they're upset that the GDPR allowed them. They're basically a massive loophole. Of course the site operators are to blame for their individual popups.
That's without addressing the fact that the EPD is what triggered them.
I'm looking at this page and it seems like the annoying pop-ups are a way to comply with the regulations as described, so I'm not sure why you think I'm being unfair attributing them to the GDPR. That might not be the vision they had in mind when they drafted the law but it is the actual result.
The GDPR is very much responsible. They exist solely because of the GDPR.
And you don’t just “brush up” on an 11 chapter 99 section law.
You're welcome to blame the people putting those pop-ups there, not GDPR.
OK but why should I? If you think this is chauvinistic think of how California set out to root out a bunch of carcinogens and ended up assuring that every second thing I buy has a warning that it might cause cancer with no real way for me to determine how seriously I should take it.