I think the idea was to let people know that they are being tracked and provide a way to opt out. This created a terrible UX and compliance providers simply created a UX that bypasses the intended experience where you usually have to opt it anyway, or close the website. Most people just click accept, making the whole banner irrelevant 

 I close the page ever time. I'm  not even in the eu, I should never be shown those. 

 Everyone in the world gets them on the internet now because the way GDPR is written is so vague that companies would rather spam all of us with these popups than risk being fined. 

 because some politicians who don't know how the internet works for you to do so.  

 I don't know who's more retarded, the politicians or the people who do what the politicians tell them to do.  

 lol, I like that. 
but I guess at some point this only works by going dark.