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Even the EU's own official web portal [1] has a cookie pop-up that covers half the screen of my mobile phone when I visit it.

[1] https://europa.eu/

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Probably built by a web gency who added tracking, perhaps even GA, so there was need for a cookie pop up banner. Why that website would need tracking and profiling is beyond me.

I think every website should understand how and by who their website is used. I don't consider this "spying." If you walk into a brick and mortar store the shopkeeper has every right to count that you came in, and watch where you go in the store to optimize it. The web should be no different.

Fortunately there are in fact cookieless analytics systems that people can use to get this information why not being required to have the stupid cookie popup.

"I think every website should understand how and by who their website is used"

1. You don't need cookies or profiling for that - use Simple Analytics et. al.

2. You can ask for my consent, but you can't profile me against my will

3. A brick and mortar store does not profile me without my consent.

Yes, a brick and mortar store can absolutely profile you without consent if they wished, and so can a website. The only condition is not collecting PII.

Difficult, they try from time to time, then they get fake email adresses and fake zip codes in their database.

(Not using loyalty cards or CCs)

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