I agree, though I prefer to frame this a little differently. If websites make me click on "I agree" by deliberately making it difficult for me to get through to

I agree, though I prefer to frame this a little differently. If websites make me click on "I agree" by deliberately making it difficult for me to get through to the actual page without jumping through an extra bunch of hoops, then the act of clicking "I agree" does not constitute freely given consent, and therefore they are collecting personal data illegally. I don't understand why the regulators are ignoring this. It's destroying the entire principle of the regulation.