[Macha]

Nah, companies don't want to implement it as it's bad for their business model so they feign ignorance.

I still remember being at an all hands at a former employer where the team presenting the revised cookie banners promoted as a benefit that it had opt in rates that would make an authoritarian dictator embarrassed to claim as uninfluenced

[Aloisius]

Considering the dozens of European governments that have been fined under the GDPR, I think it's safe to say that it's not just feigned ignorance.