The issue is less with the regulation, but with site owners who try to collect as much information as they can, then make cookie banners, which are more complex

The issue is less with the regulation, but with site owners who try to collect as much information as they can, then make cookie banners, which are more complex than requested by the regulation and then put blame in EU in order to annoy everybody to create pressure on the EU instead of simply complying with the requirements and respecting users.