Excellent summary. The corollary of your second point is that if you see a cookie banner, then the site wants to spy on you. If the cookies are not for spying,

Excellent summary. The corollary of your second point is that if you see a cookie banner, then the site wants to spy on you. If the cookies are not for spying, they don’t need a banner. Consider closing the tab. https://lee-phillips.org/nomorecookiewarnings/ https://lee-phillips.org/nomorecookiewarnings/