First, that’s not true. Tons of websites use non-essential cookies for various functions that have nothing to do with tracking, all of which would be covered under the GDPR and require a cookie popups.

Expecting website operators to run we sites without any analytics and advertising is an absurd expectation. They have to bring in revenue somehow. That’s what privacy and ad blocking extensions are for.

Yeah, no, sorry. The EU fucked up the internet for the entire world.

Phones were designed with non-removable batteries for a reason. It’s not just to screw w/ the customer and make them pay someone to replace their phone battery. It’s to aid in water resistance and to help with a smaller form factor. This will lead to nothing good. And I’m sure it will carry over to other countries as well as I’m sure a lot of phone manufacturers won’t want to make special models JUST for the EU.

Just another example of the EU imposing nonsense regulations that will screw over the rest of the world, like their stupid cookie popup nonsense.