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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: 0.222s | 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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1. calibas ◴[14 Nov 24 23:45 UTC] No.42142536[source]▶
The company that dominates the browser market also makes billions off of tracking people. That might be part of the problem.