They are ridiculous. They serve literally no consumer purpose, they are just a silly compliance measure. What I'd much rather see is a clear way to set cookie

They are ridiculous. They serve literally no consumer purpose, they are just a silly compliance measure. What I'd much rather see is a clear way to set cookie preferences in the browser. It still wouldn't be perfect because it would require some knowledge, and no doubt some lame websites would beg you to enable cookies, but it's a much more reasonable solution than the nonsense we have now.