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> I think blaming the EU for cookie banners is wrong. Those banners are malicious disobedience, and, for the most part a legal violation. The EU's own governme
by petcat 1y ago
> I think blaming the EU for cookie banners is wrong. Those banners are malicious disobedience, and, for the most part a legal violation.
The EU's own government websites are littered with the obnoxious cookie banners [1].
It's an unbelievably thoughtless and misguided law that has unfortunately ruined the internet. I think a lot of people rightfully blame the EU and they're terrible lawmaking for this nonsense.
https://european-union.europa.eu https://european-union.europa.eu
- zamadatix 1y agoI don't seem to get them from outside the EU (even with my adblocker disabled), so a law saying they need an annoying banners I agree to before they go for it might actually be a step up.
- willvarfar 1y agoAt least it has a 'only necessary cookies' option and you don't have to click through a lot of 'settings' to get them off.
- pmontra 1y agoIt's also easy to hide with the element picker of uBO. It's a DOM element with a straightforward id #cookie-consent-banner