DHH slams useless GDPR cookie banners, warns of what happens when governments define AI
Dan_Jeffries1 · x · 2026-09-04
DHH called the GDPR cookie banner "a monument to good intentions leading to Hell." The author agrees: countless hours wasted clicking banners that protect no privacy and accomplish nothing, yet can't be removed. The takeaway worry: if regulators turned cookie consent into this mess, God help us when governments start defining AI.
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