I bash the EU constantly for cookie banners because they are an example of something that is SO ANNOYING that USERS absolutely hate them. Apple and the EU's ap

I bash the EU constantly for cookie banners because they are an example of something that is SO ANNOYING that USERS absolutely hate them. Apple and the EU's approaches to privacy and security are diametrically opposed. Apple has reasonable technical defaults, and is not to intrusive. EU is massive annoyance and intrustion, and limited technical competence. My guess - if you let users flip a bit in their browser to never have to see a cookie popup again with an auto agree to all forms of tracking, a huge number would do it. The EU has done more to damage the attention people pay to privacy and security than almost anyone out there. They seem to not realize that: 1) Users have control over cookies, persistence etc via their browser directly, which would be a great place to start making changes. 2) Popping up a notice for every damn innocuous and obvious use of a cookie is totally annoying to just about everyone. 3) THe amount of time wasted on cookie policies alone is just nuts. The mismash is ridiculous. ICO, CNIL, German and Spanish DPA, UK and EU laws on cookies.