The Python Software Foundation on European cybersecurity

Apparently, at least to some extent, cookiewalls are legal and you can say "click agree or else you can't use our service unless you buy a long term subscription to it", because as long as you are offering an alternative, that is consent (even if the alternative is not really equivalent. Maybe you want to use the service just once and not in continuity for a long time as the cost of a subscription assumes). Many online newspapers in Europe use this business model, see https://www.repubblica.it/tecnologia/blog/cyber-law/2022/... (in Italian, Google translate works well enough with it) and https://www.cnil.fr/fr/cookies-et-autres-traceurs/regles/... (in French). Key document appears to be the Conseil d’État decision taken on June 2020 https://www.cnil.fr/fr/cookies-et-autres-traceurs-le-cons...