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by Aerroon 2062 days ago
>You can do that, of course many of us do. But can the average user?

Isn't that the point? To make the average user aware. Every little bit helps when spreading awareness.

The other thing is that if you allow those cookies by default then a site that doesn't care about EU law can still track you whenever they want.

>You don't need the banners if you're not doing this stuff.

And yet even the EU commission's own site has one: https://www.europa.eu