Comment by A_D_E_P_T
> To comply with the regulations governing cookies under the GDPR and the ePrivacy Directive you must: Receive users’ consent before you use any cookies except strictly necessary cookies.
It's a compliance thing. It's worse if you're in the EU, but the internet is global so it affects everybody, these days.
The old uBlockOrigin (which Google depreciated) had an auto-decline, so I didn't see one of those cookie banners for years... the new Lite version, however, doesn't seem to have that feature.
> which Google depreciated
The Firefox version works just fine.