The implementation is bad. The intentions were good. The point of cookie notifications was to make users aware of tracking cookies (i.e. the kind used by Faceb

The implementation is bad. The intentions were good. The point of cookie notifications was to make users aware of tracking cookies (i.e. the kind used by Facebook, Google and other advertisers to follow you across the sites you visit) and ultimately require user consent. Sadly the actual law ended up far less nuanced and the way people implemented it completely bypasses the original intent (mostly because website owners and lawyers don't care about the distinction or don't understand it).