It certainly justifies criticism of companies that insist on tracking users. I do not know how you could twist this into "ammo for EU haters" when GDPR's biggest stipulation is forced disclosure. The only people that earnestly complain about GDPR are people that directly benefit from the unknowing exploitation of user data.

It isn't me doing the twisting here, rather the websites which are performing malicious compliance.

As I said, I value what GDPR is trying to achieve.