Strictly speaking, those fat Cookie banners are unlawful under the regulation of the GDPR; the GDPR mandates that a site must not behave functionally different given consent or not, as long as the functionality is not related to a specific user.
Unfortunately there are only so many GDPR compliance officers around, and they have to focus on the bigger fish to fry.
Unfortunately there are only so many GDPR compliance officers around, and they have to focus on the bigger fish to fry.