Yeah, that never made any sense. Is there any add-on that basically...forces websites to adhere to the browser-configured cookie settings? And if any popups contain the word "cookie" to basically just remove the element? If it renders websites inoperable, I'm okay with that.
I browse mobile with Javascript defaulting to blocked. Not sure how it happened, truth be told, Brave just started blocking it one day. Most of the experience is unaffected.