There are no "necessary" cookies
For most websites, the cookie popops give you an option to "Accept All" or "Accept Necessary" cookies and the "necessary" component is utterly stupid.
Now. When you're signing into a website, cookies are necessary - there's a little identifier your browser needs to send to the website so the website knows you're signed in.
But I landed on the AP News website earlier to read an individual article. I didn't sign in. And it had an "accept necessary" option, not a "reject all" option.
it is SO stupid.
Honestly, I think this practice of constant cookie popups should be made illegal, and the idea of "necessary" cookies when there's nothing necessary about them should definitely be made illegal.
The default for the web should be NO COOKIES and NO TRACKING. And then, yeah, use cookies when they're actually needed - for logins, for interactive websites that keep track of your session for actual utility purposes ... ugh.
I hate the modern web for so many reasons.
P.S. My state's website to read legislation was updated in the last year or so, and it now has a cookie popup with an "accept necessary" option. It's so dumb.