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The McDonald's story reminds me of the Brussels effect [0] where legislation in the EU is extending (not by law but in its effect) to other parts of the world b
by _Microft 6y ago
The McDonald's story reminds me of the Brussels effect [0] where legislation in the EU is extending (not by law but in its effect) to other parts of the world because it is easier or cheaper to comply with it for all customers than to treat EU costumers and others differently.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussels_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussels_effect
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- haihaibye 6y agoSo that's why I have to accept cookies all the time.
- _Microft 6y agoNo, this is either because they have no idea what they are doing, or because they like bossing people around in return for not getting their way regarding user data while pretending this behaviour is because of consumer-unfriendly EU regulations. It's perfectly fine to set cookies that are necessary for providing the service without having to ask the user. They only need to get one's permission if they want to do other things like selling data to advertisers.