Cookie overlays are absolutely horrible, easily among the worst UX developments to be adopted en mass across the web. They represent to me a major reversal in

Cookie overlays are absolutely horrible, easily among the worst UX developments to be adopted en mass across the web. They represent to me a major reversal in user perception of the web as a platform vs native/proprietary app stores, which in contrast seem to only get easier/remove friction over time. When those rolled out, almost every site virtually overnight became objectively worse experiences. Nobody asked for it. And nobody benefits, except maybe app stores, as people find more reasons to distrust the web and its increasing lack of usability. Just overall an absolute embarrassment to be associated with as a web developer, and something I would like to see abolished forever.