If the regulation has unworkable enforcement system, the regulation is to blame. E.g. that while around 2% want to be tracked while the majority is tracked is clearly a catastrophic failure in the design of the regulation.
For the case of nags, something like a legally mandated respect of DNT would have solved the problem, at least on the UI level. Instead now it's a cat and mouse game with dark patterns obviously against the spirit of the law, where some Irish judge bends over backwards to find loopholes.
For the case of nags, something like a legally mandated respect of DNT would have solved the problem, at least on the UI level. Instead now it's a cat and mouse game with dark patterns obviously against the spirit of the law, where some Irish judge bends over backwards to find loopholes.