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An argument could be made that cookie banners might somehow be normalizing tracking cookies too. Through enough repetition the act of opening a new website and
by Jorge1o1 6y ago
An argument could be made that cookie banners might somehow be normalizing tracking cookies too.
Through enough repetition the act of opening a new website and immediately clicking away the cookie popup becomes so automatic that people don't bother to read the disclosure, think about whether XYZ site should be tracking them, whether they want to consent or not, etc.
I myself am guilty of just clicking the damn thing without really thinking, and then I realize in horror that I opted-in by accident.
- thewebcount 6y agoSerious question - why do people click on them? I simply ignore them and never say one way or the other whether I consent. It never causes me any problems, and I can honestly say that I never consented. Worst case there's 1-2 lines of text at the bottom of the window that have useless stuff in them instead of content. A minor annoyance compared to nav bars that randomly float in and out, email signups that popup after you've scrolled the first time, etc.