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I am so incredibly tired of cookie popups. Why is this not a standard in browsers to pass along our default settings?

• ben_w 5y ago
  There basically is, so I blame marketers wanting to fatigue users.
  • bawolff 5y ago
    Its related to paranoia over gdpr, not marketers
    • Nursie 5y ago
      It’s a toxic mix of both. If it wasn’t for the tracking and data reselling, those pop ups would be unnecessary. Many also exhibit dark patterns, making it look like accepting everything is the only option, hiding or even flat-out not providing alternatives. That’s the marketing people, not the GDPR
    • ben_w 5y ago
      Two problems with that. Fist, they could comply with no popup at all if they only used necessary cookies: https://github.blog/2020-12-17-no-cookie-for-you/ https://github.blog/2020-12-17-no-cookie-for-you/ And second, many of the popups do not comply with GDPR because they are not genuine, fair, unbiased consent: https://noyb.eu/en/noyb-aims-end-cookie-banner-terror-and-issues-more-500-gdpr-complaints https://noyb.eu/en/noyb-aims-end-cookie-banner-terror-and-is...
• austinjp 5y ago
  With "I Don't Care About Cookies" and uBlock, the web is a far nicer place. https://www.i-dont-care-about-cookies.eu/ https://www.i-dont-care-about-cookies.eu/
  • oh_sigh 5y ago
    It would be nice if you didn't need to grant a 3rd party extension privilege to literally everything you browse, to get websites to not warn you about a feature that has been in browsers for multiple decades.
  • sippeangelo 5y ago
    But I DO care about cookies. I want to opt out forever.
• dang 5y ago
  "Please don't complain about website formatting, back-button breakage, and similar annoyances. They're too common to be interesting. Exception: when the author is present. Then friendly feedback might be helpful." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html