"The purpose of a system is what it does"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_purpose_of_a_system_is_what_it_does

This is exactly what I've been trying to articulate re: cookie banners. The word of the regulation and intent is largely irrelevant to the effect it caused.

@buherator Regrettably, and regardless of the system in question, most people, even intelligent ones, fail to understand this.

@schrotthaufen I certainly argued with very intelligent people about this...