Also, when I click the link for refuse-cookies, then reload the page, it doesn't show the banner again, meaning it remembered me despite disallowing the use of cookies.

Looking at the full cookie consent drop-down in a private browser, it shows a category "basic" cookies that you can't reject (even with the "reject" link, which it describes as being:

>Tools that enable essential services and features, including identity verification, service continuity, and site security; this option cannot be denied.

Hm ... it still feels like he uses a more expansive definition of "essential services" than I do. What if I don't even want him to remember anything about me, so he has to ask again? Don't I have the right to ask for that one cookie to be deleted that remembers this one consent?

I know, that would make the site even more annoying, but I do feel a tad confused -- can anyone comment on this?