> Purely from a Devils Advocate perspective those banners are legally required, so pro-actively blocking them seems like a bad idea. Not a European or a lawyer

> Purely from a Devils Advocate perspective those banners are legally required, so pro-actively blocking them seems like a bad idea. Not a European or a lawyer, but I think "legally required" might be a slight question mark. I could be very wrong, but I think the issue is that the requirements of these laws are all vaguely worded, so companies started putting in place these giant consent forms on load purely to cover their ass legally.