[vonmoltke]

> My understanding still is that cookie banners are a huge waste of time.

> The GDPR doesn't say: "If you post an obnoxious banner on your site you are allowed to continue as before".

The cookie banners have nothing to do with GDPR. That stems from Article 5(3) of the ePrivacy directive: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX...

[eitland]

The fact that they're now made to look like opt ins on closer inspection might be related though.

The old cookie banners where more static I think, only pointing out that they were using cookies instead of giving you any option at all.