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I fucking hate GDPR policy making every website to show "Cookie Policy" ad pop modal. STOP. Every single time after I have accepted it, I come back the next day

I fucking hate GDPR policy making every website to show "Cookie Policy" ad pop modal. STOP. Every single time after I have accepted it, I come back the next day, I see the same modal again. I just accept it anyway, so stop. Stop this horrible UX. Sorry, but it really annoys the shit out of me. It does and I am pissed off every single time. If I accept, stop asking.

sleavey 8y ago
Are you blocking third party cookies in your browser? If the site uses a third party cookie to store your preference, then it may be unable to recall what you previously entered.
- yeukhon 8y ago
  No :/
simias 8y ago
Are you using a browser extension that may be interfering with the website? I haven't had issues with website forgetting my preferences yet. Also being in the EU I'm used to these cookie dialogues, except before GDPR if I wanted to opt-out (assuming that it was even an option) I'd often have to wade through multiple pages, opting-out of the tracking which would take a while, especially since they were usually using every dark pattern in the book. Now with GDPR I still get the messages but everything is opt-in instead of opt-out and I can just click the (sometimes obfuscated) "I refuse" and carry on. It's actually a huge quality of life improvement as far as I'm concerned.
- yeukhon 8y ago
  At work I don't have any third-party blocking extensions (I use Chrome). At home and on my mobile I do (I use Firefox Focus), but neither let websites to "remember". Is there something I need to configure?
  - r3bl 8y ago
    Firefox Focus deletes all data upon closing. That includes cookies where your consent was locally stored. That's why you're seeing it every time.
    - yeukhon 8y ago
      Yeah, but this problem exists even on Chrome which I have no extension.So Chrome has some built-in blocker interferring it?
vec 8y ago
GDPR doesn't make every site show cookie policies and popups now. It's entirely within a site's power to decide not to collect analyitics on their traffic, in which case they don't have to show or get consent for anything. I know, that's so glib that it's laughable. That's the point. We currently have a status quo where user analytics are very valuable while the cost of collecting them is minimal. That strongly incentivizes site owners to collect and store as much data as possible. In this moment we have a business culture and a set of engineering best practices that's grown up around those incentives. GDPR changes the incentive structure by imposing a cost on the collection end, in the hope that site operators will start being significantly pickier about what analytics they want to collect, when, and from whom. The end goal is a cultural change in how we collectively build websites. But culture doesn't change on a dime. It takes time for the existing actors to accept and adapt to a new normal, especially one that's more hostile to their interests. Be pissed off. Pissed off is an appropriate response to the horrible UX you're being exposed to. But be pissed off at the people showing you the horrible UX. It's in their power to stop, they just don't want to.

sleavey 8y ago

Are you blocking third party cookies in your browser? If the site uses a third party cookie to store your preference, then it may be unable to recall what you previously entered.

yeukhon 8y ago
No :/

simias 8y ago

Are you using a browser extension that may be interfering with the website? I haven't had issues with website forgetting my preferences yet. Also being in the EU I'm used to these cookie dialogues, except before GDPR if I wanted to opt-out (assuming that it was even an option) I'd often have to wade through multiple pages, opting-out of the tracking which would take a while, especially since they were usually using every dark pattern in the book. Now with GDPR I still get the messages but everything is opt-in instead of opt-out and I can just click the (sometimes obfuscated) "I refuse" and carry on. It's actually a huge quality of life improvement as far as I'm concerned.

yeukhon 8y ago
At work I don't have any third-party blocking extensions (I use Chrome). At home and on my mobile I do (I use Firefox Focus), but neither let websites to "remember". Is there something I need to configure?
- r3bl 8y ago
  Firefox Focus deletes all data upon closing. That includes cookies where your consent was locally stored. That's why you're seeing it every time.
  - yeukhon 8y ago
    Yeah, but this problem exists even on Chrome which I have no extension.So Chrome has some built-in blocker interferring it?

vec 8y ago

GDPR doesn't make every site show cookie policies and popups now. It's entirely within a site's power to decide not to collect analyitics on their traffic, in which case they don't have to show or get consent for anything. I know, that's so glib that it's laughable. That's the point. We currently have a status quo where user analytics are very valuable while the cost of collecting them is minimal. That strongly incentivizes site owners to collect and store as much data as possible. In this moment we have a business culture and a set of engineering best practices that's grown up around those incentives. GDPR changes the incentive structure by imposing a cost on the collection end, in the hope that site operators will start being significantly pickier about what analytics they want to collect, when, and from whom. The end goal is a cultural change in how we collectively build websites. But culture doesn't change on a dime. It takes time for the existing actors to accept and adapt to a new normal, especially one that's more hostile to their interests. Be pissed off. Pissed off is an appropriate response to the horrible UX you're being exposed to. But be pissed off at the people showing you the horrible UX. It's in their power to stop, they just don't want to.