The cookie issue may be changing. Here is some discussion from yesterday: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23090393

Also sounds like the author should use an ad blocker.

> We need platforms, tools, and legislation that help guide the web to a future that isn’t complete shit.

Legislation to fix UX? Or to resolve the aforementioned cookie issue? I'm skeptical that legislation is going to make any changes to UX in the direction that the author is wanting.