[legulere]

Cookie banners are simply the most annoying and spiteful way to fulfill the EU regulations. You don’t need to block access to the website until you accepted tracking. If you don’t track you don’t need any thing at all.

[robertlagrant]

Banners don't block access.

[cbo100]

Probably not strictly by the letter of law.

But practically, when they take up a good 2/3 of the screen and are not dismissible without making a choice then they do.