The cookie banners aren't EUs fault, but the fault of companies who take the risk of noncompliance. Also, most cookie banners I see are utterly non compliant A

The cookie banners aren't EUs fault, but the fault of companies who take the risk of noncompliance. Also, most cookie banners I see are utterly non compliant AFAIK (just the fact that accepting tracking is way easier than denying tracking should be enough to verify that). EUs only fault here is not being quicker and harsher with the punishments.