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The cookie law didn't kill cookies but it did inform people about them. It's responsibility for bring the discussion about tracking and cookies into popular dis
by cyphunk 9y ago
The cookie law didn't kill cookies but it did inform people about them. It's responsibility for bring the discussion about tracking and cookies into popular discourse was greater than zero. This law and the new checkbox may have a similar affect.
- kozhevnikov 9y agoCompletely agree, despite the implementation of it being somewhat of a joke I believe it brought some needed awareness about the spread of user tracking or at least it existence to non-tech people.
- walshemj 9y agoBut at a huge cost
- ucaetano 9y ago> it did inform people about them Did it? I'm highly skeptical about that. Do you have any source showing that the general population is better informed about cookies after that law?
- kelnos 9y agoI don't see this as having been particularly effective, though. It just made a slew of websites add an annoying pop-up or info bar to their site that says "we use cookies", and the reason given is usually one of a few boilerplate, content-free reasons like "to improve your experience". It's just an annoyance to have to click through, and doesn't provide much in the way of useful information anyway.
- chris_7 9y agoYes, it informed me about them to the extent that I've installed a uBlock list to specifically avoid being informed about them. I don't even live in the EU...