I wasn’t really complaining.

I was just under the impression that the GDPR required that these notices have an “opt out” button.

Not my area of expertise. In fact, I think the notices aren’t even required, if a sufficient privacy policy is published, and the site is fairly passive.

It's actually not the GDPR, but the EU cookie directive[1], which isn't actually in-force yet so "these notices" are definitely not required yet. If/when it does come into force, the current prevailing opinion[2] is probably the best set of clues as to what actually will be required.

[1]: https://gdpr.eu/cookies/

[2]: https://www.linklaters.com/en/insights/publications/tmt-news...

Or you should use umatrix and disable cookies and javascript.

Or just keep browsing and never interact with the dialog.

Or use the "I Don't Care About Cookies" extension or uBlock Origin's cookie notice filter list and (almost) never even look at a dialog again.

Or left-click -> block-element <select> -> create (rule to block element)

Or use reader mode, which renders the content but not the overlay.

Or just blindly click through these things and let websites track you like the "good old days"