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Internet's biggest annoyance: Cookie laws should target browsers, not websites

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583 points SweetSoftPillow | 6 comments | 22 Oct 25 12:12 UTC | HN request time: 1.07s | source | bottom
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rustc ◴[22 Oct 25 12:29 UTC] No.45668037[source]▶
Or just ban this kind of data collection. Is there any reason anyone would willingly click "Accept" when a website asks to share your data with 500+ partner sites?
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1. janwl ◴[22 Oct 25 12:47 UTC] No.45668263[source]▶
This law was supposed to give me control of my data. If I have control of my data, why can't I use it to pay the owner of the website?
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2. zetanor ◴[22 Oct 25 13:15 UTC] No.45668635[source]▶
Click-through "I agree" buttons are almost never a matter of informed consent and almost always a matter of convenience-driven rape.
3. Kbelicius ◴[22 Oct 25 14:19 UTC] No.45669552[source]▶
You can freely share your data under GDPR but the owner of the website can not request data as form of payment for the access to the website.
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4. janwl ◴[22 Oct 25 15:47 UTC] No.45670944[source]▶
That doesn’t seem to give me much freedom about my data - in fact it seems like it took freedom away from me.
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5. Kbelicius ◴[22 Oct 25 18:35 UTC] No.45673313{3}[source]▶
Yes, we live in a society. You aren't allowed to do anything you want. But you are wrong. You had no option before, now you have. How is that taking away freedom from you?
6. GJim ◴[23 Oct 25 12:56 UTC] No.45681266{3}[source]▶
> it seems like it took freedom away from me

And it *gave* freedom to society not to have their personal data exploited and privacy invaded for corporate profit.