> Now people know that they're being tracked. Great. They are still being tracked and now are being annoyed with the modals everywhere

And now when I tell people 'companies are tracking you' noone calls me a conspiracy theorist any more. They say- yes they are.

Mission accomplished, this policy gets my vote

Reminds me of California’s prop 65: everywhere and on everything you can buy there is a warning that the place/thing could cause cancer. Technically true, but the information isn’t actionable because it is so broad.

Most of those banners and popups and "consent" dialogs are illegal under GDPR. And the parasites behind the biggest networks of them are slowly but surely getting what they deserve https://techcrunch.com/2021/11/05/iab-europe-tcf-gdpr-breach...

Even fully compliant dialogs are a pain in the ass. It's why addons like "I don't care about cookies"[1] exist.

[1]: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/i-dont-care-about-...

Arrive on page, click "reject all", done. That's what it's like with fully compliant pages.

I prefer skipping the second step and not having government-mandated boilerplate interrupting my browsing at all. For something so bloody inconsequential, dismissing the warning is of more import than selecting an option.

Inconsequential? Without cookies of this nature the surveillance economy would have had a harder time getting off the ground. We're just numbed to it now because we've been continuously assaulted for decades.

Yes, inconsequential. As in, there are no tangible consequences to me (or likely anyone else) regardless of what option I select.

1. You don't need a dialog at all if you only use data that's strictly required for the functionality of your website.

There. Problem solved. In a different discussion someone even linked a great example of a GDPR-compliant site: https://github.com

See? Easy

2. Okay, for some reason you decide to collect more data. Just as easy:

You present the user with a simple accept/reject, where "reject" is clearly labeled, is the default selected option, and the website continues working when the user choses "reject"

See? Easy.

Those "pain-in-the-ass dialogs"? If they are pain in the ass, they are not compliant.

Any popup in my face is a PITA. I don't care about cookies, your newsletters, or coupons. Get out of my way and let me browse.

> Get out of my way and let me browse.

So, your beef is with people who implement all this.

We had that before the EU stepped in.

Ah yes, it's the EU that makes the web sites pester you with newsletters and coupons. It's the Eu that makes the web sites sell you data to literally hundreds of advertisers and trackers. Bad, bad EU.