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Nobody asks you to ask for that pop up at all. Just don’t track the users :) Very sane.

koonsolo 7y ago
Or I could just not give the popup and track you anyway. Nothing is stopping me (yeah the law will stop me haha). Unless of course you block me from your browser, then I can't do anything.
- heavenlyblue 6y ago
  You may also shoot me, law doesn’t stop you from doing that.
  - koonsolo 6y ago
    Sure, but why prefer a law over a technical solution?
    - heavenlyblue 6y ago
      Because it’s not always easy to see the technical solution. Trying to say that the law is bad because it doesn’t conform to some idealised version of it you had in your head doesn’t mean the law is bad.
      - koonsolo 6y ago
        Hahaha, the GDPR law itself is idealised! You have a weird take on the whole situation.
      - lucabenazzi 6y ago
        Konsoolo is right, this is the most stupid solution they could possibly come with. Every time I enter a website, I see the bloody useless cookie banner. Those who designed this law have no idea how people behave on the internet. Nobody is going to read a cookie policy on every single website they enter, people want to get to the content they are looking for as quickly as possible. Privacy controls should be available at a browser level, so that 1) you don't force me to accept/refuse each time, disrupting the user experience 2) I am not going to lose all settings if someone from customer support suggests to delete cookies 3) I only set my preferences once, instead of having to decide a million times. The outcome of this stupid regulation is that website owner can still find a million ways to trick users with all sorts of dark patterns and subtle manipulation of language, and users have no way to defend their privacy unless they are willing to spend time understanding the working of this on each website they visit.
dingo_bat 7y ago
If the intention of the law was to stop all tracking they should have stated that. Instead they said "you need consent before you can track". So websites are asking for consent.

Or I could just not give the popup and track you anyway. Nothing is stopping me (yeah the law will stop me haha). Unless of course you block me from your browser, then I can't do anything.

heavenlyblue 6y ago
You may also shoot me, law doesn’t stop you from doing that.
- koonsolo 6y ago
  Sure, but why prefer a law over a technical solution?
  - heavenlyblue 6y ago
    Because it’s not always easy to see the technical solution. Trying to say that the law is bad because it doesn’t conform to some idealised version of it you had in your head doesn’t mean the law is bad.
    - koonsolo 6y ago
      Hahaha, the GDPR law itself is idealised! You have a weird take on the whole situation.
    - lucabenazzi 6y ago
      Konsoolo is right, this is the most stupid solution they could possibly come with. Every time I enter a website, I see the bloody useless cookie banner. Those who designed this law have no idea how people behave on the internet. Nobody is going to read a cookie policy on every single website they enter, people want to get to the content they are looking for as quickly as possible. Privacy controls should be available at a browser level, so that 1) you don't force me to accept/refuse each time, disrupting the user experience 2) I am not going to lose all settings if someone from customer support suggests to delete cookies 3) I only set my preferences once, instead of having to decide a million times. The outcome of this stupid regulation is that website owner can still find a million ways to trick users with all sorts of dark patterns and subtle manipulation of language, and users have no way to defend their privacy unless they are willing to spend time understanding the working of this on each website they visit.

dingo_bat 7y ago

If the intention of the law was to stop all tracking they should have stated that. Instead they said "you need consent before you can track". So websites are asking for consent.