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[–] theKalash@feddit.ch 31 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

IT in the EU:

Due to some EU laws, there has to be a "cookie consent" dialog on every website that uses cookies. I would estimate that more than 50% (probably too low) of these popups are cosmetic only and it doesn't actually matter if you click accept or reject.

[–] NotSpez@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Wow that suck. I always spend time turning off every legitimate consent button. So I get cookies anyway?

[–] uranibaba@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago
[–] talos@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

You could set your browser to clear all cookies when you close it. That does mean you have to keep logging into sites every time you open the browser again, but with a password manager that's not really a problem.

[–] agent_flounder@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Security theater.

EU, can you just make that shit go away? I am so goddamn tired of clicking cookie dialogs I could puke. kthxbye

[–] lud@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
[–] SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] lud@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

I forgot the link, lol.

[–] ultratiem@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

50% seems conservative lol

[–] doktorRobot@reddthat.com 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That doesn't sound realistic. There are real fines for non compliance and it's trivial to find out what cookies you have.

[–] theKalash@feddit.ch 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You usually first get an injunction with some time to fix the issue, little risk of immediate fines.

So there is little reason to implement a working consent dialog unless you get a legal notice to do so. When the law came out we got a lot of such notices over the lack of the dialog, but after a usless dialog was implemented, it stopped.

Guess lawyers aren't that tech savy or have better things to do.