Here's to moving in the right direction: https://sci-hub.se/https://www.nature.com/articles/436150a

You'll be surprised to know that this exists https://www.i-dont-care-about-cookies.eu/ and even more surprised to find out why it exists.

Brilliant, thank you! Sad to see there is no extension for Safari, however.

You'd be even even more surprised to learn uBlock can block GPDR banners and works for Safari (and of course Firefox on MacOS). The blocking has to be enabled: in the "uBlock preferences (dashboard) >> Filters Lists >> Annoyances" check all the boxes.