Cookie/privacy consent stuff is really just an instance of the "terms and conditions" problem, canonically described in South Park's HumancentiPad. In modern t

Cookie/privacy consent stuff is really just an instance of the "terms and conditions" problem, canonically described in South Park's HumancentiPad. In modern times, we hang a lot of hats on explicit contracts. If contracts don't work well, we're stuck for ideas. The reductio ad absurdum is that contracts are supposed to be a flexible solution. Meanwhile, almost every implementation is a rote ruleset.