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Re:Use of Google Analytics declared illegal by French data p... by nickpp on Thursday February 10, 2022 @01:23PM (#30290374)
Businesses exists for consumers. Fragmenting hurts people - European users - in the first place.

I see very little advantages from these privacy laws but I use and appreciate US businesses every day.

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Re:Use of Google Analytics declared illegal by French data p... by Nullabillity on Thursday February 10, 2022 @05:29PM (#30293632)
So if those businesses utterly refuse to serve consumers then they have no business existing?
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Re:Use of Google Analytics declared illegal by French data p... by nickpp on Friday February 11, 2022 @02:10AM (#30298040)
They are definitely serving consumers, otherwise they would cease existing. They're not serving politicians and their pet cause of the day though.
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Re:Use of Google Analytics declared illegal by French data p... by aksss on Thursday February 10, 2022 @02:11PM (#30290986)
What, you don't appreciate a pop-up on every web page telling you that cookies are going to be used? XD
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Re:Use of Google Analytics declared illegal by French data p... by carlhjerpe on Thursday February 10, 2022 @03:10PM (#30291775)
The cookie banners are a byproduct of companies still wanting to abuse your data, when was the last time you saw a cookie pop-up on HN? Logged in or not.
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Re:Use of Google Analytics declared illegal by French data p... by VikingCoder on Thursday February 10, 2022 @03:21PM (#30291905)
If only there were some way that European citizens could have told their browsers to not accept Cookies, then maybe we all wouldn't have to click on those banners all the damn time.
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Re:Use of Google Analytics declared illegal by French data p... by Dylan16807 on Thursday February 10, 2022 @04:41PM (#30293065)
But I do want most non-tracking cookies.

Still, the "please let us track" popups can be fixed by policy or law, and I hope they are.

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