> This is the exact problem though, noone really cares what the law says, they care that now they have annoying cookie banners. They don't blame the businesses

> This is the exact problem though, noone really cares what the law says, they care that now they have annoying cookie banners. They don't blame the businesses for this; they blame the EU. The more of this they layer on the more ordinary people get irritated by the EU. You're very much speaking from inside a bubble here. The only people I ever hear blame the EU for this, are on HN.