Comment on European Union set to revise cookie law, admits cookie banners are annoying

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• qevlarr@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Exactly. Identify what uses are legitimate and what uses aren’t, and legislate directly. None of this consumer consent crap because it’s meaningless to consumers. No consumer benefits from their browsing habits being under surveillance.

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  • Nyfure@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Was done before too, but now the websites simply need a banner for using categories of cookies which require it (tracking, marketing, ..)
    And we already have GDPR at least limiting activities in a broad sense. (of course lots of leeway, but still much better than before)

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    • qevlarr@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      What do you mean? GDPR allowed for the “unless the visitor agrees” stuff so that’s why we see cookie banners everywhere.

      I would say it should either be allowed or not, depending on the use case. A navigation app should be able to track your location for the service they provide but not for ads or selling to other companies. Your calculator app has no business even asking. Profile based advertising (rather than content based) should be banned wholesale. That sort of stuff

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