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I never understood the crying about the cookie banners They're not the problem, they never have been. It's the fact that so many parts of the modern internet r
by juliangmp 10mo ago
I never understood the crying about the cookie banners
They're not the problem, they never have been. It's the fact that so many parts of the modern internet rely on selling user data to make a profit, not the regulation that they now have to do the outrageous thing and (gasp) ask for consent first.
- immibis 10mo agoThe problem with GDPR and cookie banners is that GDPR allows the cookie banners to be worded so indirectly. "To improve our service we share collected information with 5723 partners..." If the law would force them to say "Do you want Larry Ellison to get richer by looking through your webcam? [Yes] [No]" it would be a good law.
- MiddleEndian 10mo agoIdeally it would just be like the Do Not Track flag, with one flag for each category of opt-out tracking, but actually enforced (even if on by default) so no popups would be needed at all.
- CalRobert 10mo agoIt doesn’t. That’s violating gdpr. But you can break gdpr without consequences.