[mirzap]

It does mandate cookie banners. The client I worked for on the last project got fined because they were missing a cookie banner.

The solution is much simpler - ban targeted ads. The entire purpose of collecting user data is to deliver targeted ads.

[rasz]

Nah, they were fined for tracking users without consent.

[mirzap]

And cookie banners are what exactly? That's right, you ask users to consent to use cookies to track them. Thus, cookie banners are REQUIRED because you can't run a business without any insight into how your users use your product.