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Just because your site uses cookies does not mean you need a consent banner to be GDPR compliant

Unless you're tracking people or sharing visitor data with third party services, you're likely not doing anything that requires consent. See here: https://gdpr.eu/cookies/

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That website is not authoritative and should not be given more credence than your median tech blog.

And not more credence than TFA. GDPR has legally very little to do with cookie banners as other comments have already pointed out. I am pretty sure nobody has been ever improsened because of not asking consent for storing cookies. Even for hefty fines you first need a hefty turnover, so that site seems unaffected. And obviously a couple of 100 millions are not hefty for Meta, Google & Co. They make bigger profits by taking the risks of not being in compliance.

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