Why does it have to be more friction? Users had a global way to signal “do not track me” in their browser. I don’t know why regulators didn’t mandate respectin

Why does it have to be more friction? Users had a global way to signal “do not track me” in their browser. I don’t know why regulators didn’t mandate respecting that instead of cookie consent popups. Apple IDs could easily have global settings about what you are comfortable with, and then have their apps respect them.