I can't find a section of GDPR requiring these individual toggles for each "partner". From my understanding a website owner could just as well list all partners and give the user the option to consent to processing by all partners (or none) - the agreement is between the website user and the website owner ("controller"), the controller and their partners have a completely separate agreement.

As far as pre-ticked boxes are concerned, they do not signify consent [0], effectively taking the legal base [1] for processing PII in many cases. It's a bit more ambiguous in the actual law: "It shall be as easy to withdraw as to give consent." [2] If consenting can be as easy as clicking the "I agree, have my soul" button, withdrawing consent must not require clicking through dozens of checkboxes and should be just as easy.

[0] Recital 31, Sentence 3: "Silence, pre-ticked boxes or inactivity should not therefore constitute consent." https://gdpr-info.eu/recitals/no-32/

[1] Article 6 (1) "Processing shall be lawful only if [...]" https://gdpr-info.eu/art-6-gdpr/

[2] Article 7 (3) Sentence 4 https://gdpr-info.eu/art-7-gdpr/

> I can't find a section of GDPR requiring these individual toggles for each "partner"

This isn't happening because websites are falling over themselves to comply with GDPR. This is the case because websites explicitly want to make opting out as difficult as possible. Somehow a large portion of web content creators have gone astray and confused locking users in a metaphorical room against their will with "consent".

I use EasyList Annoyances with my adblocker, it hides all cookies/GDPR popups. If the website respects GDPR and waits for my click on the "Accept" button, I'll never see it and tracking shouldn't be enabled (many websites still don't respect that basic concept nonetheless)

Are you referring to "Fanboy's Annoyance List" here: https://easylist.to/ ?

I really want to get rid of all the cookies/GDPR popups.

This filter removes most of the cookie dialogs: https://github.com/r4vi/block-the-eu-cookie-shit-list

I just checked, and apparently on mobile I use 'AdGuard Annoyances filter' and not 'Fanboy's Annoyance List' like on desktop. The former is a fork of the latter by Adguard, so I think it's about the same thing. EasyList's one works perfectly on desktop.

Unless every tracking setting is off by default, they are clearly already in violation - so why would they then even bother having settings for it? Why not just track everyone and not ask?

You can fool many users into thinking they gave consent when they haven't. At least these won't resist further.

That's exactly what I've been doing: whenever I can I unset everything to basic cookies (login/account, shopping cart).

If I can't do that on mobile in under a minute I simply close the website. So far nothing of value has really been lost.

Or hopefully wait and watch while someone with more time than you takes them to court

I installed this https://www.i-dont-care-about-cookies.eu/