Meta says it won't sign Europe AI agreement

The internet is riddled with popups and attention grabbing dark patterns, but the only one that's a problem is the one that actually lets you opt out of being tracked to death?

...yes? There are countless ways it could have been implemented that would have been more effective, and less irritating for billions of people. Force companies to respect the DNT header. Ta-daa, done. But that wouldn't have been profitable, so instead let's cook up a cottage industry of increasingly obnoxious consent banners.