I hate to sound like Andrea Dworkin but I don't think consent is possible between a human individual and a 500-headed corporate hydra. It is much more straightforward to turn off third party cookies entirely or "respect DNT or go to jail"

> I don't think consent is possible between a human individual and a 500-headed corporate hydra.

Hard disagree.

Legitimate companies will obey the law; be that the GDPR, anti-corruption or anti-pollution laws to pick a few examples.

Out of 500 companies that access your data the majority might obey the law, but 50 of them won't.

There's also a basic imbalance of power -- for instance, if you don't fill out the paperwork to get medical care that says (1) everybody who could possibly have a reason to access your data can, and (2) we're going to do that at a cost 1000x more than just leaving all the paperwork out on the curb you don't get medical care.

People don't really real all those clickwrap licenses, I mean, Sony makes you scroll to the bottom of a 50 page contract just to play a video game.