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Is it malicious compliance? How else were they supposed to comply?

marginalia_nu 3y ago
You don't need to ask consent for data processing that is needed for operating a service, just stuff like user tracking.
wharvle 3y ago
Use a much-less-intrusive notification, and just use “necessary” cookies unless the user engages with the notification to say “yes, track me”. Or drop the unnecessary ones.
- joshspankit 3y ago
  Anyone else think “necessary cookies” should only be asked when do you something that actually requires them (such as on the login screen)?
  - wharvle 3y ago
    They don't need to ask at all for those.
marssaxman 3y ago
Doing less tracking would have been the better option.
palata 3y ago
Many of those popups are clearly engineered to make it painful to "reject all" and easy to "accept all". This is malicious compliance, and it should be fined big time.
viraptor 3y ago
1. Remove the third party tracking so they don't need to notify you, or 2. Provide a simple "can we share your data with third parties Allow/Decline" box, and 3. Apply DNT value automatically so they don't need to ask.
BiteCode_dev 3y ago
They could follow the DNT header. Non intrusive. Automatic. They could also... not track you? It's crazy that we have to explain that every time a thread about the cookie banner comes in. Isn't HN supposed to be a forum full of tech saavy people? What kind of blind spot people have to not be able to reach this conclusion themself and instead blame a protective law for what clearly is an abusive move from companies that have a long track record of abuses? Or do they just repeat what the PR of those companies tell them? I mean in what world have you been living in the past 30 years with companies lying, trying to escape all possible constraining laws, spying on users and generally bullying at every occasion they could? And your first conclusion is that they did the annoying banners because they are the good guys and took the best solution possible because they like you?
- weikju 3y ago
  > Or do they just repeat what the PR of those companies tell them? Most people do, and techies/HN people are people.

You don't need to ask consent for data processing that is needed for operating a service, just stuff like user tracking.

wharvle 3y ago

Use a much-less-intrusive notification, and just use “necessary” cookies unless the user engages with the notification to say “yes, track me”. Or drop the unnecessary ones.

joshspankit 3y ago
Anyone else think “necessary cookies” should only be asked when do you something that actually requires them (such as on the login screen)?
- wharvle 3y ago
  They don't need to ask at all for those.

marssaxman 3y ago

Doing less tracking would have been the better option.

palata 3y ago

Many of those popups are clearly engineered to make it painful to "reject all" and easy to "accept all". This is malicious compliance, and it should be fined big time.

viraptor 3y ago

1. Remove the third party tracking so they don't need to notify you, or 2. Provide a simple "can we share your data with third parties Allow/Decline" box, and 3. Apply DNT value automatically so they don't need to ask.

BiteCode_dev 3y ago

They could follow the DNT header. Non intrusive. Automatic. They could also... not track you? It's crazy that we have to explain that every time a thread about the cookie banner comes in. Isn't HN supposed to be a forum full of tech saavy people? What kind of blind spot people have to not be able to reach this conclusion themself and instead blame a protective law for what clearly is an abusive move from companies that have a long track record of abuses? Or do they just repeat what the PR of those companies tell them? I mean in what world have you been living in the past 30 years with companies lying, trying to escape all possible constraining laws, spying on users and generally bullying at every occasion they could? And your first conclusion is that they did the annoying banners because they are the good guys and took the best solution possible because they like you?

weikju 3y ago
> Or do they just repeat what the PR of those companies tell them? Most people do, and techies/HN people are people.