The collaboration curse

Re:The collaboration curse by kjaer on Monday February 01, 2016 @12:00PM (#11013044)

Huh, the website won't show you any content if you're blocking cookie request notifications. You need to disable your adblock / cookie notification remover to be able to allow the site to use cookies, and only then will it show you the article.

Goes to show how ridiculous this EU law is...

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Re:The collaboration curse by kuschku on Monday February 01, 2016 @12:23PM (#11013261)

Well, the EU law only is about tracking cookies. Technical cookies are always allowed – like, a sign-in cookie is automatically allowed if you click "sign in".

That means 99% of websites don’t need a cookie warning.

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Re:The collaboration curse by kjaer on Monday February 01, 2016 @01:29PM (#11013976)

Far more than 1% of sites use Google Analytics, or similar services. I don't get why this wasn't mandated as a native browser notification, or something else that is opt-out.

The worst part is that I block tracking scripts and therefore also cookie notifications, and I still got a blank page. These blocks totally broke the website for me.

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Re:The collaboration curse by st3v3r on Monday February 01, 2016 @01:37PM (#11014079)

Doesn't it more show how ridiculous the website operators are?

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Re:The collaboration curse by kjaer on Monday February 01, 2016 @01:44PM (#11014159)

Good point, that's true. I still believe that it was an error of the European Commission to place the responsibility on the website operators instead of, say, browser vendors.

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