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Analysis of economic and productivity losses caused by cookie banners in Europe

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332 points vegasbrianc | 4 comments | 14 Nov 24 22:23 UTC | HN request time: 0.875s | source
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tonymet ◴[14 Nov 24 22:44 UTC] No.42141999[source]▶
This destroyed the world wide web, which was the major driver of the internet as a consumer application. I'm referring to the experience of intelligent & creative publishers sharing content openly on the web. This did far more to destroy the world wide web than ads or tracking
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1. ben_w ◴[14 Nov 24 22:48 UTC] No.42142046[source]▶
Has Facebook ever not been hidden behind a login? Because even if that doesn't count as "intelligent & creative publishers", it certainly set a much harder trend to get around than the banners.
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2. ImPostingOnHN ◴[14 Nov 24 22:58 UTC] No.42142145[source]▶
> Has Facebook ever not been hidden behind a login?

Yes. Not sure when they added the loginwall, but it was relatively recently, compared to my birth.

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3. ben_w ◴[14 Nov 24 23:21 UTC] No.42142354[source]▶
Hm. Could've sworn it had one back in 2009…
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4. whstl ◴[14 Nov 24 23:38 UTC] No.42142478{3}[source]▶
I think you two are talking about different things and are both correct. Facebook indeed had a login page back then, but you could use direct links to read public posts. Today it's roughly the same, but when you go to a direct link it shows a "Login Wall" that pesters you to sign up.