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This is the right answer. I think the popups come mostly from a) an American interpretation of an European law and b) as a way to spite the users while "trying" to do the bare minimum to comply with the letter of the law (which might not be accepted as compliance)

And none of this farce would be needed if sites wouldn't track individual users. Showing ads don't require tracking individual users (and retargeting is frankly BS)