Well… Europe do require the accept and deny options to both be equally visible and accessible, see for example this week-old court ruling:

> Administrative Court (BVwG), thereby upholding a decision made by the Austrian Data Protection Authority in 2024. Specifically, the ORF must ensure that the buttons to ‘accept’ or ‘reject’ tracking cookies are designed equally so that visitors are not tricked into agreeing.

https://noyb.eu/en/noyb-success-orfat-must-correct-misleadin...