Yeah, telling that guy to go away is obviously not giving consent to be tracked. The problem is mostly impatience with how slow the data protection agencies ar

Yeah, telling that guy to go away is obviously not giving consent to be tracked. The problem is mostly impatience with how slow the data protection agencies are with putting a stop to these violating popups, especially the Irish DPA that has jurisdiction on the big FANG. This slowness isn't too surprising given that the industry developed to where it is under the eye of the DPAs in the first place, so they aren't exactly packed with folk that have shown initiative...