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How is DNT different from simply not giving consent in this case?

In other words: why is it legal to show me annoying cookie consent banners if I already chose to send a Do Not Track header?

Asking again for consent after being rejected is forbidden.

Exactly, any form of consent requires respecting "No" as a final answer. After that, consent is opt-in.

Yeah, many articles and people here raising this point in 2017-2018

It is just legalise. There was always a problem in defining what DNT actually means and what it implies.

Just check how confusing and ambiguous the whole header is across various references