I am generally positive to EU's GPDR framework, and I was initially positive to the Cookie consent law (EPD) when it was first proposed - as I was hoping that w

I am generally positive to EU's GPDR framework, and I was initially positive to the Cookie consent law (EPD) when it was first proposed - as I was hoping that websites would gradually retire cookies rather than inconvenience users. The major problem as I see it, is that the EPD the way websites implement it, has in fact made it worse for those who set their browsers to refuse cookies. (As the consent dialog will pop every time you visit, because there is no way for them to store your setting of opt-in/opt-out. So now there needs to be an (non EPD covered) API for websites to check if they're allowed to set cookies, if cookies are not allowed by the client then there is no need for a consent dialog.