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The cookie popups are caused by lazy companies who choose not to comply with the law. It's not caused by the EU.


No, it’s absolutely caused by the EU. What you’re seeing, as many have seen in the past, is idealistic laws meeting reality


Lazy companies wouldn’t bother putting a pop up.




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