That makes about as much sense (to me) as:
"Fill out this survey and you can have a candy bar"
"Nope, I won't fill out the survey but I'll still take the candy bar"
"Fill out this survey and you can have a candy bar"
"Nope, I won't fill out the survey but I'll still take the candy bar"
Don't mind you noting down I stopped by, or these product posters you have up, but I'd rather not have that embedded tracker, thanks.
Don't track you? Already jabbed you, LOL...
And so the law stepped in.
Me: Let me serve you targeted ads and you can stream this video you want to watch, deal?
You: Nope, I'm just going to stream your video without the ads, LOL
Me: That's stealing my bandwidth
You: Nope, the EU made it legal so it's not stealing, LOL
Me: withdraws from EU
The fair thing to do would be:
"I don't consent to targeted ads, so I'm clicking the back button and using an alternative"
Not:
"I don't consent to targeted ads, so I'm opting out of them and by the way, you get to foot the bill for whatever I decide to do next"
What you can't use is targeted advertisement where the targeting is based on tracking.
If your business model absolutely must resort to tracking users to be successful, it's probably best and easiest to withdraw from the EU market.