> So the banner is just the most annoying way that is legally allowed to try to get people to force-accept tracking. In fact, some banner are crafted to make rejection the hardest path for this very reason.

Just FYI, a banner that tries to skew a choice by using pre-ticked checkboxes, making one option more prominent than the other or makes it more difficult to decline than to accept is not "legally allowed". It's merely tolerated because nobody gives a shit about enforcing the GDPR, but it's not actually compliant with the regulation in any way.