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EU, where millions of hours go into accepting cookies popups - says it all about EU legal system.
by homakov 9y ago
EU, where millions of hours go into accepting cookies popups - says it all about EU legal system.
- TeMPOraL 9y agoYou only spend time and money on making a cookie popup if you're tracking your users with third-party analytics. I.e. a minor inconvenience if you're fucking your users by funneling their data into the adtech industry. So while the particular implementation may suck, I generally like EU's approach to privacy and data protection.
- MichaelGG 9y agoHe said accepting. The amount of time that goes into adding the cookie popup is minor compared to the time each user has to waste on it, in aggregate. Has the law actually reduced the usage of third party tracking?
- TeMPOraL 9y agoFair enough. The actual implementation of the law really, really sucks - it's a waste with little effect on anything (except training every user to unconsciously dismiss yet another popup).
- homakov 9y agoThat's what I said. We judge laws not by their intention, but on the outcome. Outcome of cookie law is one giant net negative.