What idiot has decided we suddenly all need to be presented with these "every UI is different" boxes to ask us to allow their cookies to be stored in our browser(s)?

There's a setting in the browser for that, and for years I've individually decided whether I will accept permanent, session only, or none at all, and it worked well for paranoid me.  More paranoid people had other options.

And now suddenly half these damn websites want me to click on this box as well.  And they often even require me to enable javascript just to get rid of the obnoxious damn thing.  Until next time I restart my browser, I presume, and will get presented with it again.

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