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> It absolutely is hurtful to users to have to make a choice dozens of times every day. I'd argue that what is hurting the users, are the companies who insist
by diggan 2y ago
> It absolutely is hurtful to users to have to make a choice dozens of times every day.
I'd argue that what is hurting the users, are the companies who insist that they need to track individuals in those ways. If they didn't, they wouldn't have to show the banners in the first place, and no user would have to confirm/reject anything.
Maybe I'm alone, but I prefer a choice every day of the week, as then I can at least chose for myself. The alternative is just unchecked privacy-violations, and that sounds worse to me, but we're all different, luckily.
- runako 2y ago> but I prefer a choice every day of the week That would be an interesting discussion, but that's not on offer. What is instead on offer is dozens of choices every day of the week. Is any person really expected to read and understand a dozen or more privacy policies every day?
- diggan 2y ago> Is any person really expected to read and understand a dozen or more privacy policies every day? People are expected to make reasonable choices in their day-to-day life or suffer the consequences, yes. If you don't want to read the privacy policy, click "Reject" and you don't have to. Tired of clicking reject every day? Send an email to the company and tell them to get rid of it. They can, they just don't want to, and prefer to annoy users instead, because that makes them more money. We give people the option to take a loan. If they take a loan without reading the terms and conditions, and sign up for very unfavorable terms even if it was very clear, then usually you have to stand for that choice. Why would allowing/rejecting data collection work any differently?