The law doesn't care whether the tracking happens via cookies, localstorage, fingerprinting, or a private investigator looking through your window. All require

The law doesn't care whether the tracking happens via cookies, localstorage, fingerprinting, or a private investigator looking through your window. All require approval that is just as easy to deny as it is to accept. The browser may be able to block cookies, but that's not a solution for the other options.