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That cookies landing page is a crime against humanity. When will this problem be solved!
by fumblebee 5y ago
That cookies landing page is a crime against humanity. When will this problem be solved!
- Zababa 5y agoWhen websites stop trying to gather data at every opportunity.
- watt 5y agoWhen landing pages stop trying to send cookies to visitors who are there only to look at that one page.
- a1369209993 5y agoWhen we start punishing 'white-collar' crimes against humanity such as lobbying, censorship, and - as in this case - espionage.
- tgsovlerkhgsel 5y agoMy guess: First, there has to be meaningful enforcement against abusive pages that deny users a meaningful choice (e.g. by requiring extra clicks or waits to say no). noyb.eu is working on that (and accepts donations). Once that is done and the popups offer a meaningful single-click yes/no choice, users have to learn that the "no" button now actually works instead of leading to a labyrinth that wastes your time. Once that has happened, it's likely that the consent rate will be very low, at which point sites may start not showing those popups and simply assuming a no, which they're allowed to do already, they just prefer to try for the quick yes...