Cookie consent banners as we know them were constructed by the IAB as a framework made of dark patterns to annoy people into allowing adtech cookies. The idea w

Cookie consent banners as we know them were constructed by the IAB as a framework made of dark patterns to annoy people into allowing adtech cookies. The idea was to be as annoying as they could get away with, so that end users would blame the GDPR. https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7epda/its-bad-design-on-purpose-why-website-cookie-banners-look-like-that https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7epda/its-bad-design-on-pur...