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Or usability of this feature would be so frustrating, that no one will use. Constant security popups on every start, very limited available API for apps, etc...

• kaba0 3y ago
  That would just give them a huge fine.
• toyg 3y ago
  There is law and there is the spirit of the law. The ECJ can be pretty fast when they feel someone is taking the piss.
  • amelius 3y ago
    The cookie popups can be very annoying and confusing and they didn't do anything about that.
    • jeroenhd 3y ago
      They have actually fined several large tracking providers for their shady cookie popups because opting out was harder than opting in. European DPAs aren't getting enough funding to take on this problem, but they haven't been sitting still either.
    • kuschku 3y ago
      They're slowly working through the backlog. Even Google gave in and put a single, working "deny all tracking" button front and center.
    • phatfish 3y ago
      Recently I've noticed more sites providing a visible "Deny All" button, rather than the dark pattern of going through and unchecking 5, 10, 50 tracking cookies individually, or having to dig out a button hidden somewhere. I assume this was how it was intended to function, but the kind people that run internet websites intentionally made it more difficult.
      • solarkraft 3y ago
        Indeed, the bigger players were, I think, specifically contacted. Lots of smaller players still do it, though, so maybe this is not the most effective enforcement style.
• mrkramer 3y ago
  That's why Windows is beautiful, all APIs are open for developers to use for whatever they want.