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Best ones, when refusing, ask again on the next page. Perhaps they don't know what a functional cookie is? Maybe the marketing vocabulary only has YES?

by econ 4mo ago

Freak_NL 4mo ago
They do. Those are designed to make you click 'Oh for fuck's sake. Just set the fucking cookies.'
clear-octopus 4mo ago
I really don’t understand why the desired cookie behavior could not be set globally for all websites in the browser. Why do I have the accept / reject them on every website and trust the website will actually do what I ask.
- interf4ce 4mo ago
  It can be, see Global Privacy Control [1]. As an example, the Complianz consent plugin for WordPress can detect and respect the user's GPC setting, but that feature can be toggled. So even though this exists, many sites will still ignore it. 1. https://globalprivacycontrol.org/ https://globalprivacycontrol.org/
  - jurgenburgen 4mo ago
    > GPC signal not detected.Please download a browser/extension that supports it. Doesn’t seem to be widely adopted.
- bmn__ 4mo ago
  Because society is full of dickheads? In a just world, it would be legal for a policeman to bludgeon anyone who does not respect a user agent's <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_Not_Track https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_Not_Track> setting. Second offence, hang them from the flagpole in front of the parliament building. The problem would disappear over night.
thechao 4mo ago
REI threw a dickover on top of my checkout page just before I could pay. Dismissing the dickover cleared the checkout page.
- knollimar 4mo ago
  I've not bought multiple products for that. Checkout is sacred. Have they not learned from their A/B testing?
urbnspacecowboy 4mo ago
> Maybe the marketing vocabulary only has YES? Almost! Your options are "yes" and "maybe later"... (... and "add yet another custom filter to Ublock Origin".)
- bmn__ 4mo ago
  > Almost! Your options are "yes" and "maybe later"... Ah, rapist mentality. Once you see the pattern…

Best ones, when refusing, ask again on the next page. Perhaps they don't know what a functional cookie is? Maybe the marketing vocabulary only has YES?

by econ 4mo ago

Best ones, when refusing, ask again on the next page. Perhaps they don't know what a functional cookie is? Maybe the marketing vocabulary only has YES?

Freak_NL 4mo ago

They do. Those are designed to make you click 'Oh for fuck's sake. Just set the fucking cookies.'

clear-octopus 4mo ago

I really don’t understand why the desired cookie behavior could not be set globally for all websites in the browser. Why do I have the accept / reject them on every website and trust the website will actually do what I ask.

interf4ce 4mo ago
It can be, see Global Privacy Control [1]. As an example, the Complianz consent plugin for WordPress can detect and respect the user's GPC setting, but that feature can be toggled. So even though this exists, many sites will still ignore it. 1. https://globalprivacycontrol.org/ https://globalprivacycontrol.org/
- jurgenburgen 4mo ago
  > GPC signal not detected.Please download a browser/extension that supports it. Doesn’t seem to be widely adopted.
bmn__ 4mo ago
Because society is full of dickheads? In a just world, it would be legal for a policeman to bludgeon anyone who does not respect a user agent's <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_Not_Track https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_Not_Track> setting. Second offence, hang them from the flagpole in front of the parliament building. The problem would disappear over night.

thechao 4mo ago

REI threw a dickover on top of my checkout page just before I could pay. Dismissing the dickover cleared the checkout page.

knollimar 4mo ago
I've not bought multiple products for that. Checkout is sacred. Have they not learned from their A/B testing?

urbnspacecowboy 4mo ago

> Maybe the marketing vocabulary only has YES? Almost! Your options are "yes" and "maybe later"... (... and "add yet another custom filter to Ublock Origin".)

bmn__ 4mo ago
> Almost! Your options are "yes" and "maybe later"... Ah, rapist mentality. Once you see the pattern…