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Re:New EU data blockage as German court would ban many cooki... by bborud on Monday December 20, 2021 @11:21AM (#29626580)
I've stopped reading several online publications, and using several service providers because they either try to dark-pattern-bully me into consenting, or just can't seem to "remember" my choices.

Every time I see one of the GDPR popups it incentivizes me to think "do I really need to access this content?" - and more and more often I just think "no" and delete the bookmark or make a mental note that "this website isn't worth the click".

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Re:New EU data blockage as German court would ban many cooki... by Linosaurus on Monday December 20, 2021 @01:33PM (#29628190)
> or just can't seem to "remember" my choices.

That's actually a good question... how would you do that. I guess the website would need explicit consent to save a cookie with the information that you consent to nothing else.

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Re:New EU data blockage as German court would ban many cooki... by Thiez on Monday December 20, 2021 @04:56PM (#29630861)
You do not need consent to place a cookie for just that purpose, so there is really no good reason for a website to forget your choices.
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Re:New EU data blockage as German court would ban many cooki... by ls15 on Monday December 20, 2021 @01:53PM (#29628488)
And that's how cookie consent management platforms (CMP) were born. Storing your privacy preferences on yet another third-party platform since 2017. I always found this kind of ironic.
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Re:New EU data blockage as German court would ban many cooki... by bborud on Tuesday December 21, 2021 @07:08AM (#29636576)
Only, much of the time they don't actually seem to work.

They remind me of those little fan-like gadgets people sell online that goes in your car air intake and supposedly gives you more horsepower. I've always been amazed that there is enough of a market for things, that rather obviously do not work, for companies to actually bother making and selling these things.

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Re:New EU data blockage as German court would ban many cooki... by afiori on Monday December 20, 2021 @04:52PM (#29630795)
If the full reject is easy and I am not logged in to a website then personally I like it if the website does not remember my choices: I asked not to be tracked and now they are not tracking me.
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