At this point, I don’t think they misunderstand. They try to be sneaky. Thought experiment: if the cookie consent banner was a payment form, things would be A

At this point, I don’t think they misunderstand. They try to be sneaky. Thought experiment: if the cookie consent banner was a payment form, things would be A LOT easier to understand. They are ambiguous on purpose. From a UX perspective, most of them don’t make sense at all.