It's mostly about making people aware. And it does have some effect. Maybe not much, but you have to start somewhere.
Imagine a group of people living in a big house that hasn't been maintained and cleaned in a long time. Then someone starts cleaning a little window. And someone says: look at the rest of the house, do you see any change? Well of course not, but you have to start somewhere. And maybe we didn't even use the right cleaning product or technique. But by doing it, we're learning about what works and what doesn't. And we might inspire other people, and they could start cleaning other parts of the house, and we can collectively make a significant change.
It's a slow process and it might seem impossible to some people. But it is possible. Look at history, if we never made any law and order we would still be walking around as wild men.
The change we would like to see might not even be in our own lifetime. But think of the next generations. They have to deal with what we leave behind. And I'm very happy our previous generations layed the foundations for law and order on which we can continue to build.
Yes things are not perfect and they will never be. But there's always room for improvement. And why not work towards improvement instead of deterioration. Why not have a positive outlook instead of a negative one.
I'm not saying you have to go out on the street and go protesting with billboards. But we can at least try to support each other improving the system. Again we have a long way to go, but there is hope. There always is. If there wasn't, we wouldn't be here.
I don't see how removing buttons from your keyboard is helping with those issues. I do see how making people aware about the use of tracking cookies will help with raising awareness about the use of tracking cookies.
I understand you see it as an inconvenience, making the UX worse. But it's not about that, the cookie banners actually provide you information about what they use the cookies for. Which 3rd parties they share it with. It is about raising awareness.
And yeah, you have to start somewhere. If you don't do anything, nothing will change, and deterioration continues.
You do understand that the ones in control of this data have a lot of power. Do you wish to change it or are you satisfied with the situation? If you have a better idea on how to deal with this issue, that could be a helpful contribution.
Did you know that the bigger company is the easier it is for it to workaround those silly cookies limitations bureaucrats impose?
Did you look out the window recently? Did you notice any positive political changes after these stupid regulations took place?
What other evidence you need to admit it was a dumb and useless regulation? Even if it had originally a good intent to it.