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Those notices also often say "This site uses cookies to make your experience better", so yes, in this sense it's useless. But that's not all the law is doing. M

Those notices also often say "This site uses cookies to make your experience better", so yes, in this sense it's useless. But that's not all the law is doing. Many websites from US simply stopped serving anything for European IP addresses, responding just with error 451, which I always take as a sign that this site wants to sell my data more than they want to show me ads, so I'm glad I didn't accidentally visit it.

kmlx 6y ago
it’s actually a sign of a fragmented internet, and brings into question the very idea of an open and free internet. but alas, if this is what politicians want, this is what we’re getting.
- wlll 6y ago
  It's not a free Internet if there's a hidden price the visitor has to pay, which is being tracked and monitored wherever they go.
  - kmlx 6y ago
    0. the price is close to zero. that’s why most people don’t care about it. 1. it’s not hidden. open dev tools, see what the page does. 2. someone has got to pay. either a subscription or with your data, the salaries need paying once per month.
    - wlll 6y ago
      0. But I do, and I make my choice when presented with one. 1. That's still hidden. "read the code" has never been an acceptable answer to how to inform users, and wouldn't even get close to being allowed under the current GDPR or ePrivacy directives. 2. If you want me to pay then you have to tell me how much I have to pay. It's why there are laws on the clear display of prices in restaurants, and that bars in the UK have to have the prices of drinks listed. If you want me to pay the price to enter your wensite then tell me what that is and let me make he choice. Over the last 20 years or so companies have been playing fast and loose with people's data, they could have not done that, but the continued, and now this is what they have to deal with. Forgive me if I don't feel sorry for them in the slightest bit

kmlx 6y ago

it’s actually a sign of a fragmented internet, and brings into question the very idea of an open and free internet. but alas, if this is what politicians want, this is what we’re getting.

wlll 6y ago
It's not a free Internet if there's a hidden price the visitor has to pay, which is being tracked and monitored wherever they go.
- kmlx 6y ago
  0. the price is close to zero. that’s why most people don’t care about it. 1. it’s not hidden. open dev tools, see what the page does. 2. someone has got to pay. either a subscription or with your data, the salaries need paying once per month.
  - wlll 6y ago
    0. But I do, and I make my choice when presented with one. 1. That's still hidden. "read the code" has never been an acceptable answer to how to inform users, and wouldn't even get close to being allowed under the current GDPR or ePrivacy directives. 2. If you want me to pay then you have to tell me how much I have to pay. It's why there are laws on the clear display of prices in restaurants, and that bars in the UK have to have the prices of drinks listed. If you want me to pay the price to enter your wensite then tell me what that is and let me make he choice. Over the last 20 years or so companies have been playing fast and loose with people's data, they could have not done that, but the continued, and now this is what they have to deal with. Forgive me if I don't feel sorry for them in the slightest bit