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Why are cookies outdated in general? What does 52 connections to 20 domains and 17 cookies have something to do with cookies in general?

• zelon88 5y ago
  To me it follows a pattern of always taking the easy route at the expense of the user. Don't host your own fonts, just link to Google. Don't host your own scripts, link to Google. Who knows who sees those access logs. Need to Auth the user? Here store this encoded personal data for me. Gee, I like this feature <copy/paste in 2mb worth of frameworks to enable 6 lines of functionality>.
  • ranguna 5y ago
    I still don't see how this is related to cookies.
    • zelon88 5y ago
      Everybody except devs hate cookies. Everybody hates hearing about them, answering questions about them, having some that are innocuous and some that are "scary." So why do devs force them on everybody? They aren't required unless you require them. So stop requiring them. Nobody cares how useful they are for you. They have a bad reputation and make for a bad experience. So stop using them. Just take that tool out of your toolbox, and burn it. The public has spoken but apparently I'm the only one listening.
      • 0x073 5y ago
        Everyone hates cookiebanners. Noone except devs know that browsers use cookies and noone cares. Cookiebanners are no restricted to cookies, it's about tracking, storing and sharing the information with third parties. If you use cookies for login you don't need a cookiebanner, because it's necessary. If you use cookie for tracking you need a cookiebanner, if you track the user with another technology you still need a cookiebanner.
      • daveoc64 5y ago
        You seem to be attributing issues to cookies that are actually problems with what people are doing with them. Nobody dislikes cookies - when used correctly, users don't know they exist. This site seems to be doing a great job with them - there's a single cookie to store my login session. What people don't like is annoying prompts - they claim to be about cookies, but really they're asking permission to track users for nefarious purposes. If you don't track users, you don't need to ask - and that's the case whether you use cookies or not. If you track users, you need to ask permission no matter what technology you use. Again, that's the case on this site - no tracking = no need for annoying popups.