The intent of the EU privacy directive was to clarify when websites were storing your data, instead every website has a click through banner that says they use cookies.
The actual implementation is very important.
The actual implementation is very important.
> Or is there some other emergent effect you're concerned about that you expect me to be able to infer?
Removing the unneeded snark, yes. A well intended, but poorly implemented law will not have the desired effect. If the law states that F2P games are exempt, for example (as Stop Killing Games has suggested), you'll find a massive swing towards free games with $60/80/100 in-game purchases to access the actual content.