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No. The cookie disaster is because companies are making it a disaster. You're not required to ask consent for cookies used for technical purposes, such as manag

No. The cookie disaster is because companies are making it a disaster. You're not required to ask consent for cookies used for technical purposes, such as managing user session. The consent is only required for tracking cookies used to sell your data. So if you don't track your users, then you don't have to the pop-up. I hope the EU comes down really hard on the companies deliberately making opting out of tracking difficult. A few billion dollar fines and those pop-ups requiring me to manually untick 300 different trackers will be a thing of the past.

goodluckchuck 5y ago
Companies have always had to ask for permission to store cookies. The user / user’s browser decides whether to allow them, how long to keep them for, which sites will be allowed to access which cookies. This should have been / should be fixed on the user end.
- II2II 5y ago
  Fixes were attempted on the user end decades ago. What did companies do? They ensured the end user was flooded with browser initiated cookie requests. Notice a parallel with the current situation? Browsers now use better approaches, but nothing is guaranteed when web developers try to circumvent the protections because they cannot accept that no means no.
  - nerdponx 5y ago
    Malicious compliance in action.
- deleted 5y ago
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- layer8 5y ago
  Browsers rejecting cookies just leads to the website displaying a popup to please enable cookies or else you’re not allowed to see the content. That’s actually even less user-friendly.
- Nextgrid 5y ago
  Data processing consent covers much more than just cookies.
raron 5y ago
> I hope the EU comes down really hard on the companies deliberately making opting out of tracking difficult. At least NOYB does: https://noyb.eu/en/more-cookie-banners-go-second-wave-complaints-underway https://noyb.eu/en/more-cookie-banners-go-second-wave-compla...

goodluckchuck 5y ago

Companies have always had to ask for permission to store cookies. The user / user’s browser decides whether to allow them, how long to keep them for, which sites will be allowed to access which cookies. This should have been / should be fixed on the user end.

II2II 5y ago
Fixes were attempted on the user end decades ago. What did companies do? They ensured the end user was flooded with browser initiated cookie requests. Notice a parallel with the current situation? Browsers now use better approaches, but nothing is guaranteed when web developers try to circumvent the protections because they cannot accept that no means no.
- nerdponx 5y ago
  Malicious compliance in action.
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layer8 5y ago
Browsers rejecting cookies just leads to the website displaying a popup to please enable cookies or else you’re not allowed to see the content. That’s actually even less user-friendly.
Nextgrid 5y ago
Data processing consent covers much more than just cookies.

raron 5y ago

> I hope the EU comes down really hard on the companies deliberately making opting out of tracking difficult. At least NOYB does: https://noyb.eu/en/more-cookie-banners-go-second-wave-complaints-underway https://noyb.eu/en/more-cookie-banners-go-second-wave-compla...