> but at least you're not destroying the user experience That is exactly why many do it. The chance of getting fined is low, practically non-existent in most c

> but at least you're not destroying the user experience That is exactly why many do it. The chance of getting fined is low, practically non-existent in most cases, but making the user experience difficult both increases the chance of people just saying “fuck it” and agreeing¹. Those high up the data collection chain also hope that annoying enough people with the bad UX will make them campaign to have the regulations rescinded² in their territory. --- [1] losing people like me who say “fuck it” and move on elsewhere, is seen as a small price to pay [2] even though the regulation isn't at fault, the deliberately bad UX is