The law is a façade, a hollow promise dressed up as protection. You cling to it like a life raft while corporations sail circles around it. “Obnoxious cookie banners are illegal”? Sure, and yet here they are, thriving. Why? Because enforcement is a joke, and the fines are pocket change for these giants.

Your timeline of court cases and “rules becoming clearer” is laughable. By the time the courts catch up, the damage is done, and the companies have moved on to the next exploit. It’s a perpetual game of whack-a-mole, and you’re cheering for the mallet.

Meta’s “pay or be tracked” scheme is just extortion with extra steps. Call it illegal all you want—until someone actually stops them, it’s just business as usual.