Because it works
(AIUI "I agree" gets people to give explicit consent with good success and the subscribe modals are quite effective too)
Cookie banners are malicious compliance. There are only 1-2 EU countries with quarrelsome predatory lawyers proactively scanning the web.
The positives about covid and AI is that we don't hear anymore about blockchain and crypto (well, except one boomer oligarch holding onto it). Just please make the next two big things happen already for God's sake.
Just a quick reminder that you don't need to put up any cookie banners at all if you simply don't track your users in a privacy-invading way.
lol