> Presumably the bureaucrats that wrote that bit of the GDPR (apparently without consulting anyone who knew anything about the web) do use the web and they must

> Presumably the bureaucrats that wrote that bit of the GDPR (apparently without consulting anyone who knew anything about the web) do use the web and they must have noticed how annoying it is. The GDPR mandates that non-functionally-essential tracking (regardless of whether it’s done via cookies or other means) should be strictly opt-in and the consent process shouldn’t annoy or trick the users into opting in. Pre-ticked checkboxes or making the opt-in button more prominent than the decline button aren’t allowed. The problem is that up until now enforcement has been non-existent. Thankfully this seems to be changing - the Internet Advertising Bureau’s “consent” framework has recently been ruled non-compliant so hopefully there’s going to be some financial pressure (in the form of fines that everyone has been fear-mongering about) to fix this properly.