[JackMcMack]

To me, the banner was clear. But I agree the implementation could be improved.

- There are 2 "required" features. You don't need to get permission to place cookies that are needed to make your site function. Placing a cookie to track your consent is perfectly fine, no need to make that optional, or even mention it in the cookie banner. Same goes for the session cookie: if you need it just set it. You could question if you actually need it in this case, but as long as it's a true session cookie and not persisted I would consider it not personally identifiable.

- There are 2 optional features: Youtube Videos and Google Maps. Why do I have to fold open "Features" to find out what the features are? Just show me the list already. Hiding the list is a dark pattern employed by advertisers to get you to agree. In this case the features are actually valuable: embedded videos and embedded maps.

- Those 2 optional features are not even used on the linked page! Then why does it show me a consent banner?

For some reason people hear gdpr compliance and just slap on an annoying consent modal popup.

A much better solution is to just put an embed placeholder with the title of the linked content, and warn the user that 3rd party wants your personal data. Put a link to a detailed privacy policy, and a link to enable the embed. At that point record the consent and enable the embed.