To add to that, we have the effect that some large $megacorps used these dark patterns in the beginning to see if they can get away with it and others unknowing

To add to that, we have the effect that some large $megacorps used these dark patterns in the beginning to see if they can get away with it and others unknowingly just copy it. I work as a webdev contractor and very often get requests by customers to implement the same (illegal) tracking popup, thinking they would be lawful as it is identical to what $megacorp uses.