I think that they have the right to ask for whatever they want to ask, just as much as I have the right not to concede them what they're asking. I know I need

I think that they have the right to ask for whatever they want to ask, just as much as I have the right not to concede them what they're asking. I know I need to activate cookies in order to login. I do have a lot of cookie exceptions. But in my opinion, this is not one of thoses cases. One does not require cookies to read HN, for instance. Or many other websites. If they use cookies as a base for their business model - which is perfectly acceptable - at least they could have the decency of saying so clearly. I dislike being treated as too ignorant to understand, and the "user experience" card is getting old.