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

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332 points vegasbrianc | 1 comments | 14 Nov 24 22:23 UTC | HN request time: 0.209s | source
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guywithahat ◴[14 Nov 24 22:51 UTC] No.42142070[source]▶
The whole thing is a colossal waste too, it was a law written by people who don't understand tech for special interest groups who don't want to actually make things better.

If you don't want a website doing something on your computer, you start with the browser, not the website.

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RejectedChin ◴[14 Nov 24 23:06 UTC] No.42142213[source]▶
That's why they created DoNotTrack initially. Then browsers turned that on by default, ad revenue lowered, and sites/adcompanies decided to ignore it because it was turned on by default.
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1. wtetzner ◴[14 Nov 24 23:19 UTC] No.42142331[source]▶
Maybe the legislation simply should have required DoNotTrack to be honored.