This can get very complex very quickly for a personal blog, though. I can remove GA at any time, and I'll probably remove it since I rarely look at my analytics

This can get very complex very quickly for a personal blog, though. I can remove GA at any time, and I'll probably remove it since I rarely look at my analytics, but Disqus is essential for commenting, which is integral to blogging IMHO. The problem with the cookie law and the GDPR is that they adopt greenfield approach to an existing environment, without implementation examples. BTW, as far as I know, the GDPR doesn't apply to me as "a natural person in the course of a purely personal or household activity", while the cookie law DOES apply. But the scope of such statement if highly debated and, of course, Google and Disqus are not exempt from the GDPR. So? I feel that the GDPR is a good law. But it simply ignoring the status quo from an implementation perspective won't yield the results the lawmaker hoped for.