I seem to recall this actually being a common but incorrect take on the cookie banner, my understanding is that no cookie prompt is necessary for basic site functionality (passing data between pages, user preferences, etc.). And actually a banner is only needed when the cookie use case is user tracking or could be used as such i.e could identify a unique visitor.

So most sites could choose to give up analytics (altough tbh the most important metrics would still be fine like daily page hit count, etc.) but it's easier to add the banner and blame GDPR.

But perhaps, once a company is a certain size their legal department just screams all day about needing a cookie banner? Also very possible.

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