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Ultimately it creates terrible trust signals. Users learn that 'professionally made sites have those cookie banner things. It's something to do with security or
by jameshart 9y ago
Ultimately it creates terrible trust signals. Users learn that 'professionally made sites have those cookie banner things. It's something to do with security or something', they assume that sites without them are more likely to be dodgy, and place false trust in sites which do implement a cookie warning.
- Retric 9y agoThat's a straw man argument, clueless people that stay clueless are hardly a downside. However, these banners have also clearly caused millions of people to ask the question "What's a cookie" which leads some of them to start caring about this issue.