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

(legiscope.com)
332 points vegasbrianc | 1 comments | 14 Nov 24 22:23 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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snehk ◴[15 Nov 24 07:20 UTC] No.42144605[source]▶
The whole law should have been forcing sites to not ignore DoNotTrack bworser settings. It's a prime example of the EU being utterly useless because they don't understand the underlying issue and then choose a "solution" that's as much in your face as possible but doesn't change anything about the original problem. It's the whole plastic straw thing in digital form.
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randunel ◴[15 Nov 24 08:44 UTC] No.42145015[source]▶
No, it's not a prime example of the EU being utterly useless. It's a prime example of companies engaging in shady practises. This is what all the websites should have done: https://github.blog/news-insights/company-news/no-cookie-for...

Quote from the blog post:

> Well, EU law requires you to use cookie banners if your website contains cookies that are not required for it to work.

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Kubuxu ◴[15 Nov 24 09:31 UTC] No.42145271[source]▶
It is quite ironic to get a cookie banner on tat page.
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1. ben_w ◴[15 Nov 24 10:34 UTC] No.42145600[source]▶
And disappointing.

Hopefully that doesn't mean my blog, currently hosted on github, is getting them again — those popups were one reason I moved away from Wordpress (well before the latest drama).