Ask HN: Are Most Internet Sites Handling the GDPR 'Incorrectly'?

Because maybe I'm being a tad naive here, but it feels kind of pointless to tell people about your site's privacy policy/cookies when you don't actually give them a way to opt out. Seriously, almost every site I've seen use one of these notices makes it as pointless as possible, with the only option being to 'agree' to the terms to continue viewing. But that feels completely pointless. I mean, no one's ever gonna read these notices properly, let alone go through your terms and conditions. And even if they did, by not giving them the choice to opt out, you're making the whole thing a bit of a shambles. Which makes me wonder if it's even 'legal' to do this. Seems like a notice you're forced to agree to should have no backing whatsoever, especially one where you're not really giving informed consent or what not. It's like expecting someone to have automatically agreed to a set of terms and conditions for opening a package. But hey, what do you think? Is the practice of giving someone a box they have to agree to in order to continue browsing a questionable way of complying with the GDPR?