Why does this page need cookies at all?
I don't want to sign a contract just to read some text.
We don't have a relationship.
Why should I trust you.
Yes it's easy to put all that jibberish on the screen.
Please don't.
It doesn't matter.
I can turn on NoScript and bypass it all anyway.
It's just wasting my time.
And yours.
Good luck.
Good relationships are built on trust.
"It is legal" is not.
Just an example of their cost in time which could be spent on the product.
Assuming the product is not cookies of course.
Which I do.
Because you are not Google.
With the caveat that you don’t provide the same value proposition either.
Not collecting cookies is the easiest way to comply with the law.
And the easiest way to avoid the liability that comes with collecting cookies.
It's a time sink that is easier to do than the actual work. PG called it "playing house." http://www.paulgraham.com/before.html