> You have cause and effect mixed up, that's fine by me but you're not helping yourself - or the rest of the world - by doing that.

That's simply not true.

The EU legislated solution is directly responsible for the popup spam. There were other alternate solutions that would not lead to popup spam.

Your site may not need a popup, but many more complex sites do, and not because they are doing nefarious things.

It's OK to admit the EU makes bonehead decisions sometimes.