[andai]

It's entirely possible that it is the result of incompetence rather than malice. Either way, it strongly discourages users from rejecting cookies by wasting their time for 20-30 seconds every time.

Whatever it's doing can simply be done in the background, it doesn't even require UI.

[iso1631]

Very few people actively want to be tracked by 500 different companies. Some don't mind, some consider it the price they have to pay

The whole point of the charade of "asking" is to get people to

1) Just say yes

2) Complain to their government about it