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Since this is around the 5th time this sentiment has been expressed in this thread, I have to ask... are cookie banners really so frustrating? Oh no, gotta clic

• poszlem 3y ago
  2 more buttons x the number of websites you visit a day x the number of time the website forgets your choice? Yes, they are quite annoying.
  • squigz 3y ago
    My bar for annoyance must just be very high.
• oneeyedpigeon 3y ago
  > are cookie banners really so frustrating They would be a LOT less frustrating if: a) they were standardized — they currently add a hefty cognitive load while parsing them, deciding which action to take, etc. b) they worked properly — I would say, more often than not, they 'forget' the previous setting. I should never see a cookie popup on the same site twice unless I clear my browser settings.
  • squigz 3y ago
    Standardization would certainly be nice, since we could automate it then (I imagine doing so now would require specific cases for most sites)
    • pgeorgi 3y ago
      Most consent banners are produced by a relatively small set of providers. As such, https://consentomatic.au.dk/ https://consentomatic.au.dk/ does a decent job of submitting your preferences and pushing them out of sight.
      • squigz 3y ago
        Thanks!
• iainmerrick 3y ago
  If you want to click “no” it’s often dozens of clicks (e.g. to explicitly disable each “trusted partner” with “legitimate interest”) alongside constant attempts to trick you into clicking “yes” accidentally.
  • squigz 3y ago
    On most websites I use, it's 1 click. On the rest, it's 2. I've never once encountered a website that required "dozens" of clicks
    • OJFord 3y ago
      It definitely happens where they don't give you a 'reject all' option, so you have to go 'select options' or similar and untick each one, or at least each category, and then 'confirm choices'. As an aside, it's supposed to be as easy to decline as to accept; so if you give a 1 click 'accept all' then more than that (whether two or dozens) is unacceptable.
    • iainmerrick 3y ago
      The typical pattern I see is: - bright red or green “OK” button that opts in to all tracking - muted “save settings” button But aha, gotcha, the default settings still have a bunch of tracking enabled, so you have to uncheck all of those, then remember to press “save” and not “OK”. In the worst ones there’s an artificial delay when you uncheck one of the third-party boxes, as if it has to file a form in triplicate for the unusual request of not immediately sending all your account info there.
  • elygre 3y ago
    This is actually in violation of the rules. Withholding consent is supposed to be as easy as giving consent.
    • iainmerrick 3y ago
      Yes, I know. It’s infuriating but understandable that the regulations aren’t enforced properly.
• _v7gu 3y ago
  Fun fact, they are illegal if they require more clicks to reject than accept; so this is not a consequence of the law anyway.
  • master-lincoln 3y ago
    I wouldn't call it fun that so many big providers just ignore the law and are apparently getting through without consequences.
    • _v7gu 3y ago
      Gears of EU grind slowly but finely. IAB just received a fine for promoting horrible banner practices. And it's not like we'd be better off if the gears didn't grind at all. Now just even uBlock will save you a lot of hassle and server-side tracking purely by the virtue of blocking the consent banners (so they can't be approved)
    • squigz 3y ago
      I believe they were probably being facetious