There is not really a EU cookie regulation. I guess you think about GDPR. Then yes improving privacy is an improvement, at least from my point of view. About y

There is not really a EU cookie regulation. I guess you think about GDPR. Then yes improving privacy is an improvement, at least from my point of view. About your strugglings, cookie compliance is extremely simple if you plan to not track your users. Technical cookies for sessions and application states are allowed without requesting user consent. So just respect your users.