It’s such a convenient outcome that the banners annoy people in to giving /explicit/ consent (every non techie user I’ve observed just click “accept”, oath of l

It’s such a convenient outcome that the banners annoy people in to giving /explicit/ consent (every non techie user I’ve observed just click “accept”, oath of least resistance), when before it was a quite a grey area, as I understand it, that you have to wonder if it’s more than just a happy coincidence.