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>privacy rules that force websites to run cookie banners. This is such bullshit and common misconcepton. Websites DO NOT have to run cookie banners! If you o

by nabla9 1y ago

>privacy rules that force websites to run cookie banners. This is such bullshit and common misconcepton. Websites DO NOT have to run cookie banners! If you only have necessary cookie for session and do not track users, you don't have to show cookie banner. Websites that want to invade privacy must run cookie banner to ask permission.

mvdwoord 1y ago
>a law called the e-Privacy Directive to require websites to get consent from users before loading cookies on their devices, unless the cookies are “strictly necessary” to provide a service. Fast forward to 2025 and the internet is full of consent banners that users have long learned to click away without thinking twice. I think that is the issue here.
- bloak 1y ago
  Yes, clicking "Customize" then "Reject all" is annoying, but it beats "Copy link address", "New Incognito window", then paste and return.
  - nabla9 1y ago
    The obvious regulatory improvement is that reject-all is default and all other options must be harder to get. ps. Current solution is use browser extension to automate rejection. Consent-O-Matic https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/consent-o-matic/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/consent-o-mat... https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/consent-o-matic/mdjildafknihdffpkfmmpnpoiajfjnjd?pli=1 https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/consent-o-matic/mdj... https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/consent-o-matic/id1606897889 https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/consent-o-matic/id1606897889
unmole 1y ago
> Websites that want to invade privacy must run cookie banner to ask permission. Why does the EU want to invade my privacy? https://european-union.europa.eu/index_en https://european-union.europa.eu/index_en
- Gravityloss 1y ago
  https://european-union.europa.eu/cookies_en https://european-union.europa.eu/cookies_en I'm certainly not a web developer expert, maybe someone can break this down.

by nabla9 1y ago

mvdwoord 1y ago

>a law called the e-Privacy Directive to require websites to get consent from users before loading cookies on their devices, unless the cookies are “strictly necessary” to provide a service. Fast forward to 2025 and the internet is full of consent banners that users have long learned to click away without thinking twice. I think that is the issue here.

bloak 1y ago
Yes, clicking "Customize" then "Reject all" is annoying, but it beats "Copy link address", "New Incognito window", then paste and return.
- nabla9 1y ago
  The obvious regulatory improvement is that reject-all is default and all other options must be harder to get. ps. Current solution is use browser extension to automate rejection. Consent-O-Matic https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/consent-o-matic/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/consent-o-mat... https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/consent-o-matic/mdjildafknihdffpkfmmpnpoiajfjnjd?pli=1 https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/consent-o-matic/mdj... https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/consent-o-matic/id1606897889 https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/consent-o-matic/id1606897889

unmole 1y ago

> Websites that want to invade privacy must run cookie banner to ask permission. Why does the EU want to invade my privacy? https://european-union.europa.eu/index_en https://european-union.europa.eu/index_en

Gravityloss 1y ago
https://european-union.europa.eu/cookies_en https://european-union.europa.eu/cookies_en I'm certainly not a web developer expert, maybe someone can break this down.