Re:No cookie consent walls, scrolling isn’t consent, says EU...
by Mirioron on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @10:38AM
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Because the EU is a dumpster fire when it comes to tech companies (probably not a coincidence). This means that few websites are actually based in the EU. If the EU doesn't like them then they can block the sites.
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Re:No cookie consent walls, scrolling isn’t consent, says EU...
by dang on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @04:39PM
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The downvotes are no doubt because you've violated the site guidelines with name-calling and flamebait. The damage that does is more important than the value of the information you're adding, so downvotes and flags are correct. It's too bad, because there's the kernel of a good comment there too.
Would you please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and use HN as intended? It's not hard if you want to, and you're a good user otherwise. We've had to ask you this many times.
Re:No cookie consent walls, scrolling isn’t consent, says EU...
by orangecat on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @04:39PM
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the US is the lawless West, where anything on a clickthru is legal and binding for in perpetuity
Clickthrough agreements being enforceable is an abuse of copyright law, exactly the opposite of "lawless".
Re:No cookie consent walls, scrolling isn’t consent, says EU...
by Nasrudith on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @12:45PM
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It is probably related to the complete lack for jurisdiction in calling the US "lawless" that attracts the downvotes.
Most people understand that Saudi Arabian Blasphemy laws mean jack shit if you have no connection their laws can't apply. Making any pretense of validity beyond ability to enforce the laws just makes any making claims utter tools. Just because the other block is an EU nation instead of a backwards monarchy petrostate doesn't change that one bit.