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Add to it that most sites make it impossible for you to use the site without enabling cookies or if you dont consent to them storing cookies.

• munchbunny 8y ago
  GDPR actually draws a reasonable line for this. Using cookies to remember your login or browser sessionis fine, and you can probably not even ask to do this. Analytics is a bit trickier, but as long as the data is aggregated and no "personal data" is collected, you're on the safe side of the gray area. The problem is that using cookies for advertising does require you to ask, so how do you conflate the two? I've seen some sites phrase it like "we use cookies to personalize your experience". You can interpret that to mean session cookies, but you can also interpret that to mean marketing. I hope EU regulators end up actually going after people for doing sneaky crap like this.
  • ankit219 8y ago
    Indirectly the solution/workaround the sites have come up with is saying, "if you want to use our site, you will have to agree to our cookie settings. Else don't use the site." I have cookies disabled by default. Whenever a site does not work without cookies (news sites, travel sites, and blog sites especially), I open them in a guest mode. Still feel, its a bit tedious thing to do, but works for me.
    • munchbunny 8y ago
      The irony of course is that GDPR actually forbids this sort of "all or nothing" deal under specific circumstances. But it's a gray area, so sites just say "accept how we use cookies." Oh well, it's still better than before.