this post was submitted on 30 May 2026
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I sense that all started with the stupid GDPR popups. If so, then sincere apologies from Europe.
GDPR wasn't what introduced cookie banners, that was the ePrivacy directive which came before the GDPR. Either way, I'd argue cookie banners are an act of malicious compliance with both of these, as I'm pretty sure they were intended to reduce usage of tracking / analytics / other non-required cookies altogether. The annoying banners are, in my opinion, an effort to make people angry at the EU instead of the ad companies.
I feel like the newsletter signups came first