Why does it irritate me? Because I genuinely care about things like user privacy and I wish we had regulations which were actually well designed to achieve thei

Why does it irritate me? Because I genuinely care about things like user privacy and I wish we had regulations which were actually well designed to achieve their goals. It seems to me that legislators think “what would I like to happen” and then stop there. They don’t seem to consider enforcement or other practical effects at all. I’m honestly baffled that anyone could think that the cookie popups are a success. Like if we are going to mandate that everyone implement some new scheme, can we at least make it a good one? The lowest possible bar might be something like a standardized setting in browsers. Something actually good for user privacy might mean imposing some cost on companies that want to sell user information, so there are actually incentive's for companies to respect user privacy. Maybe I am way off, but I think the group of people that "enjoy" going through cookie popups, like yourself, are a distinct minority. For most people, it's an annoyance.