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That is the malicious compliance implementation that big tech went for in order to nag us into accepting all cookies, not at all what the EU law had in mind. ”Reject All” is supposed to be as easy to choose as ”Accept All”, or you know, you could just read my browser’s ”do not track” setting, that’s what it’s ducking for.
Non-malicious compliance would be a protocol extension, don't ask me how, but if WebSockets exist, then it's possible to make an EuHTTP standard to which you'd upgrade. So that all these popups wouldn't be needed and you'd conveniently set things up on the client.
Actually owch. One can just take some WS library and make a Gemini-like protocol, only over WebSockets (allowing for much of normal infrastructure to support it, you know, nginx, haproxy, lots of stuff), that would leverage convenient existing technologies and without need for Google's browser engine more complex and expensive than a rocket.
OK, that's called NOSTR, they are just not aiming for replacing Web in any form. For now.
EDIT: And this probably is not what's being discussed.
GDPR also mandates only collecting as much data as is necessary.
Even with a consent banner, collecting all possible tracking data and selling it to 600 "partners" just to show a text page is against the law.
Unfortunately, you'd have to sue each website individually.
They could start by making an example out of a big player like formula 1.