Re:Can the horrendous cookie banner by the EU be rolled back?
by PaulHoule on Monday April 04, 2022 @10:12AM
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I blame the EU cookie banners for other forms of intrusive pop-ups that have proliferated since then.
There has always been a contingent of people on every project who speak for the end user, who fought every proposal for an intrusive pop-up.
When the cookie pop-ups came it was "the law" and we had no choice. It set a precedent for "it's OK to have a pop-up to ask people if they want notifications" (why not ask them if they want a hole in their head?) and for various forms of ads that cover the content and can be impossible to close on mobile without "accidentally" clicking on the ad.
There has always been a contingent of people on every project who speak for the end user, who fought every proposal for an intrusive pop-up.
When the cookie pop-ups came it was "the law" and we had no choice. It set a precedent for "it's OK to have a pop-up to ask people if they want notifications" (why not ask them if they want a hole in their head?) and for various forms of ads that cover the content and can be impossible to close on mobile without "accidentally" clicking on the ad.