@oz @herzleid the cookie to disable asking for preferences is valid as "required cookie for the functionality" (legitimate use) and has no personal information, thus doesn't require consent.
A simple way to reject all rejectable cookies is also mandated by GDPR and proven by some court cases. It's just a slow process to sue all offenders.
For a start see item three in this report:
https://edpb.europa.eu/system/files/2023-01/edpb_20230118_report_cookie_banner_taskforce_en.pdf
@johannes Your reply to an exasperated toot that is really about me wanting websites/companies to just stop doing evil shit and being sneaky about it, is … to throw PDFs from an EU task force at me as a solution, when I did not ask for one?
My dude, you are missing the point.