Ars Technica is not much better. Here are the "always active" non-choices from their own GDPR pop-up ("Powered by OneTrust"). That is to say, you cannot opt-out of these:

  Match and combine offline data sources: Always Active
  Link different devices: Always Active
  Receive and use automatically-sent device characteristics for identification: Always Active
  Ensure security, prevent fraud, and debug: Always Active
  Technically deliver ads or content: Always Active

If you don't open their "show purposes" window and "Confirm my choices" from that window, then you are also agreeing to:

  Store and/or access information on a device
  Personalised ads and content, ad and content measurement, audience insights and product development
  Use precise geolocation data
  Actively scan device characteristics for identification