[Sargos]

>why should the onus be on everyone else to communicate their intent, rather than on the few users affected to communicate their intent?

Because this effectively bans any kind of tracking cookies which, while most are kind of awful, there are legitimate reasons for their existence. Shifting the conversation from a user choice to an effective ban is a completely different conversation with pros and cons that must be considered separately.

[JadeNB]

> Because this effectively bans any kind of tracking cookies which, while most are kind of awful, there are legitimate reasons for their existence. Shifting the conversation from a user choice to an effective ban is a completely different conversation with pros and cons that must be considered separately.

It doesn't at all ban them—it just makes them only effective for users who explicitly opt in. And if that's too much of a burden to impose on those very few users, then why is it reasonable to impose the burden on the vast majority of users who don't want to be tracked?