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The law that triggered these banners already mandates that the website may not reduce functionality if the user rejects the cookies. Functionality-tied cookies
by stonogo 4y ago
The law that triggered these banners already mandates that the website may not reduce functionality if the user rejects the cookies. Functionality-tied cookies are already exempted from the acceptance requirement.
These banners are the most-user-hostile possible response to the law, so it makes sense to automate getting rid of them.
- eternityforest 4y agoNot everyone actually follows the law though, sometimes they mix in essential cookies and you have to click through a bunch of layers to turn them off without turning off essential ones. I wouldn't be surprised if they find some way to defeat this in a not quite legal way and break stuff for people who use it.
- mminer237 4y agoThat's not true. Directive 2002/58/EC explicitly says that it's fine to condition use of websites upon acceptance of cookies: > Access to specific website content may still be made conditional on the well-informed acceptance of a cookie or similar device, if it is used for a legitimate purpose. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:32002L0058:en:HTML#:~:text=access%20to%20specific%20website%20content%20may%20still%20be%20made%20conditional%20on%20the%20well-informed%20acceptance%20of%20a%20cookie%20or%20similar%20device%2C%20if%20it%20is%20used%20for%20a%20legitimate%20purpose https://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX....