Cookie dialogs are the contemporary equivalent of popup ads, in terms of the annoyance to users. I'd love to find a browser that makes them go away, just like browsers blocked popups years ago.
And look at Apple; they pushed a change on the app store and their apps where privacy is now the default, and they do not bully and annoy you into accepting anyway.
How do you suppose should making tracking illegal be done then?
GDPR applies to all tracking, not just cookies. My browser's settings don't, and can't.
The vast majority of cookie popups are illegal.
Hopefully the EU will continue enforcing until people actually either implement them legally or realise the tracking isn't worth the cost
Keep in mind too that I am not a citizen of an EU country. I have to put up with these dialogs and I get nothing in return. The upside for EU citizens is that they have a law to protect them. All I get is the downside.
Yes, the purpose of the law is to end the shady practice which doesn't seem to be happening and no one is caring about the outcome. Popup seems to be just like a second ToS which existed in web for years. If the law doesn't track its real world effect or doesn't do an analysis on the benefit to annoyance ratio, yes it's the law which is to be blamed.