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>I see so many websites – even club websites or private blogs – that have a cookie consent banner, but which wouldn't actually need one if they'd just turn off

>I see so many websites – even club websites or private blogs – that have a cookie consent banner, but which wouldn't actually need one if they'd just turn off Google Analytics. I just don't get it. Actually, most are probably not even correctly following the law since the cookies will probably be set before the popup is accepted. For most, people just assume they need a cookie banner. I'm pretty sure I've seen cookie banners on sites that had no cookies.

qclibre22 4y ago
Google will down rank if you don't use their analytics cookies.
- eropple 4y ago
  Is this true? I'd believe it (edit: though, as noted elsewhere in the thread, it seems like it'd carry some business risk), but I haven't seen it.
  - that_guy_iain 4y ago
    If it is true it's an anti-trust lawsuit waiting to happen. I highly doubt it is true. Keeping that secret in the bag would be hard in my opinion. We're constantly getting leaks from Google.
    - thayne 4y ago
      A lot of stuff google does would be an anti-trust lawsuit waiting to happen. If you know, anti-trust was actually enforced.
      - that_guy_iain 4y ago
        The EU would 100% enforce that. The EU hits them constantly for their bs.
        jokethrowaway 4y ago
        Sure, and fined them pennies
        that_guy_iain 4y ago
        Have you seen the EU fines? Latest one is 1.6 billion againist Google.
        thayne 4y ago
        What we really need is for these big companies to be split up. I'm not sure if the EU has jurisdiction to do that.
        that_guy_iain 4y ago
        > What we really need is for these big companies to be split up. I'm not sure if the EU has jurisdiction to do that. There have been non-binding votes to split it up. And they can tell them to split up or be banned from operating within the EU.
        fmajid 4y ago
        The Irish DPC is doing a bang-up job this far sheltering companies like Facebook headquartered in Éire from GDPR.
- mhoad 4y ago
  This is some completely made up bullshit for the record.
  - lakomen 4y ago
    I have a domain that was ranked #1 for a decade, it always had GA. I removed GA replaced it by Piwik, it dropped in rank. Nowadays I'm not eben on the 1st page anymore, despite having the most authentic design and simple use.
    - mhoad 4y ago
      That is not how any of this works.

qclibre22 4y ago

Google will down rank if you don't use their analytics cookies.

eropple 4y ago
Is this true? I'd believe it (edit: though, as noted elsewhere in the thread, it seems like it'd carry some business risk), but I haven't seen it.
- that_guy_iain 4y ago
  If it is true it's an anti-trust lawsuit waiting to happen. I highly doubt it is true. Keeping that secret in the bag would be hard in my opinion. We're constantly getting leaks from Google.
  - thayne 4y ago
    A lot of stuff google does would be an anti-trust lawsuit waiting to happen. If you know, anti-trust was actually enforced.
    - that_guy_iain 4y ago
      The EU would 100% enforce that. The EU hits them constantly for their bs.
      - jokethrowaway 4y ago
        Sure, and fined them pennies
        that_guy_iain 4y ago
        Have you seen the EU fines? Latest one is 1.6 billion againist Google.
      - thayne 4y ago
        What we really need is for these big companies to be split up. I'm not sure if the EU has jurisdiction to do that.
        that_guy_iain 4y ago
        > What we really need is for these big companies to be split up. I'm not sure if the EU has jurisdiction to do that. There have been non-binding votes to split it up. And they can tell them to split up or be banned from operating within the EU.
      - fmajid 4y ago
        The Irish DPC is doing a bang-up job this far sheltering companies like Facebook headquartered in Éire from GDPR.
mhoad 4y ago
This is some completely made up bullshit for the record.
- lakomen 4y ago
  I have a domain that was ranked #1 for a decade, it always had GA. I removed GA replaced it by Piwik, it dropped in rank. Nowadays I'm not eben on the 1st page anymore, despite having the most authentic design and simple use.
  - mhoad 4y ago
    That is not how any of this works.