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> Cookie banners happened because US devs didn't steelman EU regs. This is one of the dumbest narratives I see on HN all the time. A community of people who bu
by pembrook 3y ago
> Cookie banners happened because US devs didn't steelman EU regs.
This is one of the dumbest narratives I see on HN all the time. A community of people who build things for a living should know better.
Think of regulation as software designed to create an outcome in the real world.
If everyone is wrongly using/interpreting your software…the problem is not “everyone.” The problem is the design of your software.
- rcxdude 3y agoThe problem is mostly in the enforcement. Most GDPR pop-ups do not actually comply with GDPR. And they only exist because companies wish to weasel out of stopping doing what the regulation is trying to stop them doing, and the lack of enforcement means they get away with it long enough people who don't have a clue just cargo-cult what the weasels are doing.