> Why do EU lawmakers not allow me to automatically say no?
What do you mean? There is no law banning companies from honoring a DNT header, companies just choose not to do so. The law already allows it, it just doesn't mandate it.
Microsoft, in its eagerness to hit Google's revenue, universally set DNT on its browser of the day, which muddied the water on informed consent, and gave Google and other trackers an excuse not to respect it, since it wasn't technically the user requesting not to be tracked, but Microsoft.
What do you mean? There is no law banning companies from honoring a DNT header, companies just choose not to do so. The law already allows it, it just doesn't mandate it.