Analysis of economic and productivity losses caused by cookie banners in Europe

This is the EU in a nutshell. You also have quite a few people defending this.

GDPR is basically exactly what Bill Gurley talks about here ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9cO3-MLHOM

Regulatory capture.

Also quite a few people (mostly from the north) fighting this idiocy.

In general: Southern+Central EU wants to build a new USA. Northern states meanwhile want to reduce the power of the EU. A common market is really the only thing we want.

UK had enough and quit.

> In general: Southern+Central EU wants to build a new USA. Northern states meanwhile want to reduce the power of the EU. A common market is really the only thing we want.

As someone from the north (specifically Sweden) who now lives in the south (specifically Spain), I'm not sure there is majority in either places, either directions, to state this with confidence. Lots of swedes are happy with EU and wants to make it stronger, and lots of Spaniards who had enough of EU and wants it weaker.

Maybe it looks differently in the center/eastern parts, haven't spent much time there admittedly.