The regularion required informed consent. Nobody ever said it has to be done with popups. This is what people ended up doing afterwards. Only when deceptive pa

The regularion required informed consent. Nobody ever said it has to be done with popups. This is what people ended up doing afterwards. Only when deceptive patterns became clear the EU made clear that allowing one simple "ok" option and a million convoluted ways to say "no" is not resulting in informed consent. Wheter you us a popup or hide it in a menu with the default of not tracking does not matter.