Your argument falls flat simply because the reality on the ground was that existing laws and enforcement wasn't taking care of the problem. These new laws give more powers to consumers to effectively take the law into their own hands.
Additionally fraud (at least in the UK) doesn't impact several of the practices as they weren't misleading, just obnoxious (like adding things to your cart, or fees not on the advert but on the final checkout page).
> A law like this just encourages people to tweak their practices slightly and continue as before.
By that logic why try and do anything at all ever? It is a very defeatist attitude that results in inaction.
Additionally fraud (at least in the UK) doesn't impact several of the practices as they weren't misleading, just obnoxious (like adding things to your cart, or fees not on the advert but on the final checkout page).
> A law like this just encourages people to tweak their practices slightly and continue as before.
By that logic why try and do anything at all ever? It is a very defeatist attitude that results in inaction.