With TCF 2.2 "legitimate interest" is no longer allowed (but that's probably only for IAB members). At our company we already had a rule where we disabled all "legitimate interests" from our vendors, so I assume there are other companies that do the same.
Wish granted : he doesn't have to go to prison, gets a billion dollars and becomes an influential politician. At least that's how this usually plays out.
I was about to write the same thing. I blame Pavlov.