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EU should simply outlaw tracking for advertisement purposes. Let's return to context based ads.

• loeg 2mo ago
  The rest of the world would be happier if websites geofenced the cookie consent banners to EU IPs only and just left the rest of us alone, with any combination of cookies/tracking.
  • duskdozer 2mo ago
    And we'd all be even happier with no banners and no tracking.
    • account42 2mo ago
      And even happier with no ads.
  • cryptonym 2mo ago
    The whole world would be even happier if websites stoped this nonsense tracking of every single action bloating a single webpage with 20Mb of JS, connecting to 50+ domains, impacting accessibility, data usage & interactivity.
    • cwillu 2mo ago
      But how will my PM get his fancy overlay of our website with the heatmap of user clicks and dwells to grossly misinterpret?
  • GJim 2mo ago
    I'm again reminded that a significant percentage of HN posters and readership are those working in US AdTech, who's very salaries are dependent on abusing peoples privacy. Hardly surprising a hefty part of the HN demographic, like yourself, slants towards opposing decent privacy laws.
  • Nursie 2mo ago
    You don’t need to put up these banners if you aren’t doing dodgy shit with PII