[dsukhin]

Not to disagree with your premise, but if you scrolled back to the top, the cookie consent box reappears. It just hides so you can read the article when you scroll which by itself isn't bad. It's not clear it assumes consent but it's also not clear it doesn't.

IMHO the cookie consent box is a flawed premise from the start, it's annoying to the user (especially on mobile where it takes half the screen) and there is no way to verify it is actually implemented correctly and doesn't just track you anyway regardless of what you do - hence your comment above.

If one really decides a first party cookie is a privilege rather than a simple data storage primitive on the web because it's been abused by google analytics etc, this is something you can set your browser to ask for permission each time or a content blocker to avoid from sources like Google. Keep in mind, that does affect the site's ability to understand which of it's content is most popular which is not bad on its own - but yes there are workarounds to this too like server logs which are probably more reliable anyway.

This cookie box is the most annoying side effect of GDPR with almost no benefit as it's riddled with dark patterns and "compliant" sites that don't respect the spirit of the law, just the letter.