[johnnyworker]

That's only for websites that insist on tracking users first thing before hello. Nothing stops 99% of the sites from having an opt-in link somewhere in the footer, and minimal defaults, other than that they insist on convoluted metrics for their little brochure thingy. It's only really necessary to sell impressions or worse, not to make functional or even beautiful sites.

Sure, I know there's counter-examples, there are sites that do interesting things with personal data, even. But I know the vast, vast majority of sites that have these banners are not those sites, and I don't accept these corner cases as a fig leaf for this elephant (whose name is incompetence and greed) sitting on the couch, moaning about this law, since day one.

"this is what someone who considers themselves a webmaster, or even a web developer, writes nowadays (2021)"