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The assertion that the proliferation of cookie banners dates to 2002 does not pass the smell test. It was GDPR.
by runako 3y ago
The assertion that the proliferation of cookie banners dates to 2002 does not pass the smell test. It was GDPR.
- Hamcha 3y agoWhat smell test? I very much remember cookie banners being a problem way before the GDPR and so does the rest of the web: (2012) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19505835 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19505835 (2013) https://econsultancy.com/17-useful-examples-of-eu-cookie-law-compliance/ https://econsultancy.com/17-useful-examples-of-eu-cookie-law... (2015) https://superuser.com/questions/725312/disable-all-cookie-warnings-and-hints https://superuser.com/questions/725312/disable-all-cookie-wa... (2013) https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/40687/we-use-cookies-notice-on-websites https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/40687/we-use-cookies-...
- runako 3y agoI must have been blind to the banners for a number of years :-). In any case, the larger point stands: the EU created the cookie banner mess that makes the Web worse for everybody, whether or not we are EU citizens. It seems the only debate is whether they have dawdled 14 years before attempting to address the issue or "only" 5 years.
- layer8 3y agoIt was the 2009 amendment of the ePrivacy Directive which introduced cookie consent, as noted in the Wikipedia article.