I don’t know a single person on this earth other than perhaps Richard Stallman who has the slightest care in the world that their browser is storing a cookie from your website. 99% of the internet would fail to work without them. These warnings are obnoxious.
Of course everyone hates them, but if you're going to operate in the EU you're stuck with 'em.
Functional cookies are allowed without popup, and always have been.