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This is those companies successfully instrumenting you to lobby on their behalf. It is purposely and spitefully made to be annoying. Let's not reward that.
by jpambrun 5y ago
This is those companies successfully instrumenting you to lobby on their behalf. It is purposely and spitefully made to be annoying. Let's not reward that.
- rkagerer 5y agoDon't mistake my comment as an endorsement for data collection. It was about the practical effects that came about after the legislation was introduced. I hardly believe webmasters around the world coordinated a premeditated, mass conspiracy to annoy their visitors. I rather think the mess results from a misunderstanding on the part of businesses about what is actually required by the various legislation, complacence by the poor chap who's just trying to publish a site, and, yes, dark patterns on the part of platforms providing elements of the stack. e.g. Those annoying banners aren't needed if you construct your site to not use cookies at all, until they're actually required for functions a user explicitly requests. Platforms have no business asking for my consent in the first place to cookies they know darn well do not serve any bonafide interest for the user.