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A lot of websites don't show cookie banners (DuckDuckGo, GitHub, HN, gitlab, etc.). Sure, the law has some minor mistakes, but it is the fault of the websites. If they didn't track the user, they wouldn't have to display a banner.

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GitHub’s approach is really dubious and probably violates GDPR as well. They “only use necessary cookies” but then do (unnecessary) analytics on those necessary cookies. But doing the unnecessary part still requires explicit consent.

Discussion of this point at the time:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25457903

GitLab has definitely shown me a cookie banner in the past. Did they find a way around it?

In a new session https://gitlab.com or e.g. https://gitlab.com/ase/ase don't show me a cookie banner.

I just opened that first link in a private window, and I get a cookie banner. Maybe because I'm in France.

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