There’s nothing in the regulation that says the UX has to be bad; quite the contrary!¹ That’s the point: the harder a service goes out of their way to make the data collection UX bad—which is harder than making it simple—the less they care about you.

In addition, legitimate cookies to provide a service don’t require consent.²

If you’re annoyed at the EU instead of the websites, you’ve played right into the hands of the people wanting your data for illegitimate purposes. Every time you agree to a bad cookie banner you validate their shady practices and make the web worse for everyone, including yourself.

¹ https://noyb.eu/en/where-did-all-reject-buttons-come

² https://wikis.ec.europa.eu/display/WEBGUIDE/04.+Cookies+and+...