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> Why do they show it every time? I assume if the user chooses “strictly necessary cookies”, SO saves as little data as possible, and they decide to not save t
by thih9 5y ago
> Why do they show it every time?
I assume if the user chooses “strictly necessary cookies”, SO saves as little data as possible, and they decide to not save that choice.
Obviously the UX is terrible for the user concerned about privacy.
One option that for now still works is to hide the popup with an external tool like uBlock Origin.
- pmontra 5y agoUntil they'll start drawing web sites on canvas with webassembly.
- matheusmoreira 5y agoIs this really something that's likely to happen?
- frafersob 5y agoGoogle Docs just announced their intention to do exactly that.
- Macha 5y ago> I assume if the user chooses “strictly necessary cookies”, SO saves as little data as possible, and they decide to not save that choice. This feels like malicious compliance. Storing an "Opt out: Yes" cookie is clearly not personal data requiring consent, but not storing it makes the opt out experience more frustrating than opt in which I suspect is the real point.
- ncallaway 5y agoYea, I’ve just decided to use Stack Overflow as minimally as possible since they clearly made an explicit choice to be user hostile here.