Also accepting them cookies is one single click but rejecting them feels like entering the dark realm with multiple options and not knowing where to click. I am software dev but still have to use just enough mental resources to reject all of the non essential ones. How the fuck is this legal.
It is not legal for webs to make rejecting cookies more complicated than accepting them.
In fact, the French data protection authority CNIL has issued orders to around sixty players that do not make refusing cookies as easily as accepting them. They have also fined companies such as Google and Facebook for making it harder to reject cookies than to accept them. The CNIL has ordered these companies to provide a means of refusing cookies as simple as the existing means of accepting them.
Also, under GDPR, it is not legal for websites to make rejecting cookies more complicated than accepting them. In May 2020, the EU updated its GDPR guidance to clarify that cookie walls do not offer users a genuine choice because if you reject cookies you’re blocked from accessing content. It confirms that cookie walls should not be used. Companies such as Google have introduced new options to reject tracking cookies in Europe after their existing dialog boxes were found to be in violation of EU data laws.
Now what I don't know is if users outside of EU get the evil-twin version of those popups when visiting websites. My experience browsing the www is just not as bad as many people describe because I usually get a "reject all" button or when "managing" the cookies, they are all disabled by default and I can simply save the options.
