I don't think the GP is suggesting that the GDPR mandated those shitty popups, I think they're upset that the GDPR allowed them. They're basically a massive loo

I don't think the GP is suggesting that the GDPR mandated those shitty popups, I think they're upset that the GDPR allowed them. They're basically a massive loophole. Of course the site operators are to blame for their individual popups. That's without addressing the fact that the EPD is what triggered them.