> Just don’t track.

You're making it sound like it was a switch that I could simply turn on/off as a web dev. The reality is that most sites are a complete clusterf*k of 3rd party components, dependencies, backend services etc.

Doing an audit of which of these components are compliant with tracking / cookie laws is just not a realistic ask. Hence why devs decide to just tack on a cookie banner and call it a day.