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UX nightmares are not the fault of cookie laws, they're the fault of companies that don't want to respect users. If the companies behaved more ethically, there'

• stickfigure 6y ago
  "The system is perfect; it's the humans that are flawed!"
  • jfk13 6y ago
    The system isn't perfect. But it's better than pure anarchy. Probably no (human-designed) system will be perfect. In the case of obnoxious GDPR consent popups, though, the main problem is companies (under the direction of humans, obviously) that are doing their utmost to subvert the clear and reasonable intent of the law, because they simply don't want to respect it (or their users). They're a cancer on the internet. I hope to see the day when enforcement is taken more seriously.
    • missedthecue 6y ago
      >But it's better than pure anarchy. that's a pretty low bar
  • rakoo 6y ago
    It's easy to see that websites want people to accept all unnecessary cookies, but are mandated to ask for it. So they'll give one big "Accept everything" button and bury the rest under as many clicks as possible. This is not an issue with the law, nor is it an issue with the users; you know how to make a better UX ? Remove all tracking content. You know how to make it as good as the way the websites owner want ? Make the "Reject all" button front and center. The UX being bad is a _conscious decision_ by the website owners
  • dmitriid 6y ago
    The system isn't perfect. But those cookie consent shit that the vast majority of websites peddle? It's directly against the law