Yeah, I'd be pretty mad if I had to log into a website every time I opened it or be blinded by a white screen at night when I toggled the dark theme last time I visited. There's so many good uses for storage to make things behave as one would expect. And it'd be a lot of friction to have permission dialogs for things as basic as cookies or localStorage.
I agree cookies have proven to be a largely pro-user feature over time but do you remember the backlash from techies and reporters alike when browsers first started implementing cookies back in the 90s?
