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

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332 points vegasbrianc | 2 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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libertine ◴[15 Nov 24 10:40 UTC] No.42145633[source]▶
> It's a prime example of the EU being utterly useless

That's a bold statement to claim that the largest trade block in the world is utterly useless, but I'll bite it.

What was the underlying issue they didn't understand?

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1. anonymousab ◴[15 Nov 24 14:28 UTC] No.42147249[source]▶
That companies will go with malicious compliance 9999 times out of 10,000. So ensuring compliance would require immense enforcement efforts from the get-go that still haven't really surfaced.
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2. libertine ◴[16 Nov 24 13:46 UTC] No.42156387[source]▶
Where are you getting this information from?