> if you don't do anything "bad" then you don't need the banners. Because that’s how it is. For instance why does a site need to share my data with over 1000 "

> if you don't do anything "bad" then you don't need the banners. Because that’s how it is. For instance why does a site need to share my data with over 1000 "partners“? And the EU uses the same tracking and website frameworks as others so they got banners automatically. It wasn’t a mistake but website providers maliciously complied with the banners to shift the blame. Seems you fell for it.