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Re:Cookie Warning Shenanigans Have Got to Stop by alkonaut on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @03:42PM (#19382842)
If a sites business model depends on using their users' data without their consent/knowledge then why would we want regulation to protect it from being eaten and their seat at the table taken by facebook?
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Re:Cookie Warning Shenanigans Have Got to Stop by dmortin on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @04:18PM (#19383302)
Because we need independent sites too, so we hear other opinions than just the agenda of big money.

It's not ideal that we need targeted ads for that, but currently there is no viable alternative and untargeted ads don't pay enough.

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Re:Cookie Warning Shenanigans Have Got to Stop by alkonaut on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @04:38PM (#19383486)
I think there is no alternative because it pays to much. It works both ways.
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