A law which causes the whole web to be worse for no reason deserves criticism. Managing cookies belongs in the browser, a place auditable and adjustable by the user. Not on every website in the world.

GDPR may have had good outcomes too, and I am neutral on all other aspects, but whatever part of EU and California regulation led directly to cookie banners is a colossal failure which has benefitted no one (except possibly the dozens of snake oil cookie banner products which pretend to comply).