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

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332 points vegasbrianc | 3 comments | 14 Nov 24 22:23 UTC | HN request time: 0.668s | source
1. yakcyll ◴[15 Nov 24 08:34 UTC] No.42144955[source]▶
The title originally claimed 575M hours spent every year by Europeans on cookie banners. That's 12 seconds on average a day per person. Hardly anything to complain about.
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2. oasisaimlessly ◴[15 Nov 24 08:45 UTC] No.42145025[source]▶
An alternative interpretation:

"575M hours spent every year by Europeans" = 850 average human lifespans per year

Cookie banners in Europe have an effect vaguely comparable to "wasting" 850 human lives per year.

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3. kalaksi ◴[15 Nov 24 11:36 UTC] No.42146003[source]▶
You can use similar big scary numbers and words for a lot of much worse and more time consuming things.