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Fine, almost everybody. If there was any way to verify though, I'd put money on the numbers of people irritated by cookie banners and geo-blocks for websites was enough to tip the Brexit vote. I think the EU needs to be very careful about how these regulations are viewed by normal people.


> I think the EU needs to be very careful about how these regulations are viewed by normal people.

The EU doesn't decide how Apple complies with their regulation. If Apple wants to throw a temper tantrum and degrade the user experience, it is nobody's fault but theirs.


Which would be fine except the people interested in tech have less ability to spread their message than those that would like to weaken the EU.


Good news is, you don't need an iPhone to participate in democracy. Thank God our forefathers didn't make that mistake.




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