I saw a similar cookie dialog for the first time the other day.
Some very few people actually want plain text sites, but for most people, what this is saying is "accept our cookies, or we'll punish you by giving you a crappy view of our content".
I recall reading that under the GDPR you're not allowed to refuse service if the user refuses non-essential cookies - this feels like a workaround to force users to accept.
There are of course various other workarounds in place, such as displaying long, fake loading spinners if you click "refuse", or giving you hundreds of toggles to manually click.
The way companies deal with cookies really is a disgrace.
Some very few people actually want plain text sites, but for most people, what this is saying is "accept our cookies, or we'll punish you by giving you a crappy view of our content".
I recall reading that under the GDPR you're not allowed to refuse service if the user refuses non-essential cookies - this feels like a workaround to force users to accept.
There are of course various other workarounds in place, such as displaying long, fake loading spinners if you click "refuse", or giving you hundreds of toggles to manually click.
The way companies deal with cookies really is a disgrace.