Hiding the popup simply means the site cannot legally set unnecessary cookies. Which they don't if you just ignore the popup or click its close box. That's effectively all the plugin is doing, so it's a perfect solution. It might annoy the site owner, because they would really like you to click "Yes" but it's perfectly legal for them to never get that "Yes" and just never send you cookies.
> Which they don't if you just ignore the popup or click its close box.
The majority still sets the cookie, by using implied consent. In best case they don't set anything if you Decline but most don't even do that. The banner is then merely an information popup about cookies in general.
