Those cookie banners at least force companies to show what they were actually doing. What it did is exactly what you suggests, giving consumers the choice. Now

Those cookie banners at least force companies to show what they were actually doing. What it did is exactly what you suggests, giving consumers the choice. Now, how can a consumer vote with its wallet? Are you able to tell the whole environmental, social and impact on wars of any device you buy? Personally I can't. I also think that making the end user the sole responsible for the impact of the whole chain action is horrible. This is exactly what the ad with the fake native american crying about littering in the us was about. Let's company introduce an insane amount of plastic in the environment with no idea how to re-process it once used, the sole responsibility of the pollution will be the last person in the chain: the consumer. It brings me to the last point, isn't it's the role of a government elected by the people? To represent them and balance the power?