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Europe’s requirement of those pesky cookie notices have killed the joy of surfing the net. Every goddamn site has this stupid cookie popup show up. It is like p

Europe’s requirement of those pesky cookie notices have killed the joy of surfing the net. Every goddamn site has this stupid cookie popup show up. It is like playing whack-a-mole. They should have instead only allow necessary cookies and marketing and other cookies should be part of signing up for a specific service and not just visiting the website. The thought is noble but the implementation sucks.

throw1230 4y ago
EU requirement was to inform users on how the data collected about them will be used and give them a choice. Cookie notices was the industry response, ignoring the spirit of the law and complying at a minimal rate
- mrbombastic 4y ago
  If this is how the industry is complying the law was poorly written no?
d4a 4y ago
Cookie notices > having tracking cookies enabled by default with no easy way to turn them off
chrismartin 4y ago
try easylist-cookies. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23521399 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23521399
solarkraft 4y ago
> The thought is noble but the implementation sucks And you know who does the actual implementation, right? This is mostly a case of malicious (arguably non-) compliance.
- permo-w 4y ago
  it most cases it's not even arguable
goodpoint 4y ago
> Europe’s requirement of those pesky cookie notices have killed the joy of surfing the net This is like blaming the dentist for your tooth pain.
dx034 4y ago
With the right plugin (both mobile and desktop), you can automatically opt out, something that wasn't possible before. And larger ad companies actually enforce compliance here (where possible).
selfhoster11 4y ago
Cookie banners are a brain-dead, malicious compliance way of evading the actual goal, which was to reduce the needless use of tracking and analytics cookies. AFAIK, if you only use cookies strictly when they need to be used to make your application work, you don't even need the banner.

throw1230 4y ago

EU requirement was to inform users on how the data collected about them will be used and give them a choice. Cookie notices was the industry response, ignoring the spirit of the law and complying at a minimal rate

mrbombastic 4y ago
If this is how the industry is complying the law was poorly written no?

d4a 4y ago

Cookie notices > having tracking cookies enabled by default with no easy way to turn them off

chrismartin 4y ago

try easylist-cookies. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23521399 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23521399

solarkraft 4y ago

> The thought is noble but the implementation sucks And you know who does the actual implementation, right? This is mostly a case of malicious (arguably non-) compliance.

permo-w 4y ago
it most cases it's not even arguable

goodpoint 4y ago

> Europe’s requirement of those pesky cookie notices have killed the joy of surfing the net This is like blaming the dentist for your tooth pain.

dx034 4y ago

With the right plugin (both mobile and desktop), you can automatically opt out, something that wasn't possible before. And larger ad companies actually enforce compliance here (where possible).

selfhoster11 4y ago

Cookie banners are a brain-dead, malicious compliance way of evading the actual goal, which was to reduce the needless use of tracking and analytics cookies. AFAIK, if you only use cookies strictly when they need to be used to make your application work, you don't even need the banner.