First of all, this is good. Secondly, clearly the tech bro writing this seems to have mixed up governing bodies. The reason why the EU is taking on the tech bullshit is because the people making the moves actually are young enough to understand the problems while old enough to care.

That said, there have certainly been implementation issues such as ignoring illegal cookie banners to this day without bringing down the hammer. The site with the story served up a rare compliant one, but most consent forms do not live up to the rules and it has gone on for too long. Still, they are moving in the right direction most of the time.