> Really the EU needs to apologize for those damned cookie popups and invest in a privacy-first browser.
You clearly misunderstand when they are required and how they are legally required to work, the key points (as I take them) that are often misunderstood are:
* They are not about cookies, but any persistent identifier
* If a identifier is needed for your core functionality (ads/tracking is not a core functionality) and not misused for other purposes you do not need consent
* It is required to be as easy to decline as it is to consent
* Not consenting is not allowed to degrade or gate the content
* Even if you consent to tracking/cookies you should be allowed to withdraw that consent
Do you not agree with these points?