We know web agencies that spoke to hundreds of their clients, explained the painful but necessary changes, implemented and charged them who feel like setting fire to a flag with your logo on it right now.
Oh aye? If billing clients for pointless work that could be blamed on a government agency isn't a cause for Web design agencies to celebrate, I don't know what is.
And these websites are not all "tuppenny-ha'penny". Examples I'm personally familiar with include Universities and companies with revenue between £5-80m / year. Updating their sites is not trivial nor is it cheap.
I despise the idea of a law we're told to obey, but expected to be cunning enough to avoid.
As for the web agencies point, I agree with you. The digital agency that I work for have made a killing from the new cookie law, providing "cookie audits" as well as work on client websites to bring them in line with the new law.
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