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Re:Noyb aims to end “cookie banner terror” and issues more t... by sharperguy on Monday May 31, 2021 @04:51AM (#27341813)
If only there were some kind of browser feature for blocking or allowing cookies on per-site basis, so that we could avoid every website having to create their own javascript implementation
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Re:Noyb aims to end “cookie banner terror” and issues more t... by littlecranky67 on Monday May 31, 2021 @04:55AM (#27341835)
Those banners have nothing to do with cookies, they are about tracking - there are a lot of other tracking techniques besides cookies. So if the number of users who would block cookies reaches a certain threshold the advertisers would switch to other technical means, and would still have to present you this dialogue.
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