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I’m in the EU this week and I had no idea that the cookie banners were so obnoxious, every site has a huge page blocking banner, and plenty of US news sites see
by pnw 3y ago
I’m in the EU this week and I had no idea that the cookie banners were so obnoxious, every site has a huge page blocking banner, and plenty of US news sites seem to block EU traffic entirely. I had to use a VPN to access some sites.
- raverbashing 3y agoFunnily enough the ones that block are usually "State/City local news" website, which have a tiny, if not null EU audience already (meaning in practice nobody would care) Now if the popups are obnoxious whose fault is it? (To answer that just notice how many other obnoxious popups/overlays/etc the same site has about other stuff)
- pbhjpbhj 3y agoAll sites not run by shit-heads have a "reject all non-essential cookies and close button" clearly displayed. They could just choose to honour "do not track", but I realise they want the money. Most large sites seem to have added the "reject all" button when it appeared that this was necessary for compliance. Those that did not don't care if they comply. Obnoxious banners are a choice. If we didn't have them the choices of site -owner's wouldn't be less obnoxious, they would just be hidden. It's like the warning your car makes 'put your seatbelt on'; sucks, but better than it not existing.