My comment was obviously humorous. But I'd honestly argue that your view of cookies is very conservative. Why is the user experience less than optimal? Why ca

My comment was obviously humorous. But I'd honestly argue that your view of cookies is very conservative. Why is the user experience less than optimal? Why can't the browser remember your credentials and automatically sign you on? (It could, of course - e.g. using client-side certificates!). We should also ask ourselves whether the user experience on some website (which lasts seconds, and is mostly irrelevant) is more important than the privacy of its users, which will be impacted forever (through first-party data collection, third-party data collection and sharing / resale of data).