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I understand the need for GDPR, but its consequence of obtrusive cookie consent banners is easily one of the worst things to happen to the web in recent memory.
by robgibbons 6y ago
I understand the need for GDPR, but its consequence of obtrusive cookie consent banners is easily one of the worst things to happen to the web in recent memory.
- Bakary 6y agoThat's like blaming the flashlight for revealing rats under the kitchen sink
- robgibbons 6y agoI'm not blaming the popups. I'm lamenting the fact that every damn site opens with a pop-up now. They are the negative consequence of an otherwise well-meaning bill. As good as GDPR was for privacy, it's equally bad for UX.
- Bakary 6y agoThe bill is well meaning precisely because it exposes a systemic problem not just with UX but with a ton of other aspects of the web. It's a bit like having your kitchen smeared in rat shit. There is a moment of annoyance when you realize that, but it's the first step towards being able to clean it up. It's not so much negative consequences as a problem that was there to begin with whether we noticed it or not. It's subjectively negative in the moment, but to ignore it would have been far more of a problem.
- M2Ys4U 6y agoCookie banners are not a result of the GDPR. They're a consequence of the ePrivacy directive from 2002. The reason why they're more prevalent now is because GDPR 1) made people aware of data protection issues; and 2) made people more scared of fines.