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The problem is that imposing the unsafe choice (aka tracking being on by default) puts people who'd rather opt out at risk (because their data is being leaked), while the current situation merely puts an annoyance to people who are happy to opt-in.

As far as the cookie popups go the majority of them are not actually GDPR compliant. Tracking should be off by default and consent should be freely given, which means it should be just as easy to opt-in as it is to opt-out. If it's more difficult to say no than yes then the consent is invalid and they might as well just do away with the prompt completely since they're breaking the regulation either way.