But how can you massage yourself without the gun hammer?

I would argue they are wasting as much water and electricity as playing a video game. Text says its a local model; runs on your local machine not on cloud as all other. Not water cooled.

Or am I missing something?

Neither Cookie banners nor GDPR consent dialogs need to be bad. They are only bad because companies try to do their shit. It’s companies not regulation that make Cookie banners and GDPR consent dialogs bad.

That said, the id-verification stuff is just pure awful for privacy concerns.