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

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582 points SweetSoftPillow | 1 comments | 22 Oct 25 12:12 UTC | HN request time: 0.207s | source
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ben_w ◴[22 Oct 25 12:59 UTC] No.45668405[source]▶
My least-favourite is websites with the "Pay or OK" model: "If you don't want more companies tracking you than were people in your high school, teachers and students both, you must pay us! [Pay] [Accept tracking]"

*Copy URL, close window, open private browsing session, paste*

As an aside, is anyone else getting LLM-writing-style vibes from the linked page, or is that just me?

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1. jraph ◴[22 Oct 25 13:12 UTC] No.45668599[source]▶
> My least-favourite is websites with the "Pay or OK" model

Which doesn't respect the GDPR.

> As an aside, is anyone else getting LLM-writing-style vibes from the linked page, or is that just me?

The multiple 3-item lists with the item's first sentence in bold, the logic not perfectly following from one sentence to another, the numerous comparisons/metaphores, the em dashes, and the general, distinctive tone are certainly clues.