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Yeah, I always wonder why this can't be handled like "prefers-dark-mode" and then the answer is always "because then who would let them do it"
by kixiQu 6y ago
Yeah, I always wonder why this can't be handled like "prefers-dark-mode" and then the answer is always "because then who would let them do it"
- lez 6y agoWhat keeps back Mozilla to implement this setting and lobby for a general Web API for expressing cookie consent? As far as I can tell, their users would be extremely happy about that.
- munchbunny 6y agoThat existed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_Not_Track https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_Not_Track It failed horribly because it was voluntary. But now that it's a GDPR requirement, perhaps that might have a snowball's chance in hell of succeeding.
- dullgiulio 6y agoNo, it failed because it acts on the wrong side. If you don't want to be tracked you shouldn't send cookies in your request.
- Sebb767 6y agoBecause it won't take off. Right now, the advertisers are basically hoping for you to be too lazy to click around ten minutes to find the 'no'-option. If every user would be presented with a fairly weighted chance once, hardly anyone would click yes. Accepting this standard would undermine their business even more.
- kawsper 6y agoIt can, first iteration used the Do-not-track header, but that died in the standardization process, now there are a movement for the Global Privacy Control header that you can read about here: https://globalprivacycontrol.org/ https://globalprivacycontrol.org/