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Re:EU Digital Markets Act, aimed at Google, Apple, Amazon, a... by la64710 on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @03:39PM (#32171078)
Europe’s requirement of those pesky cookie notices have killed the joy of surfing the net. Every goddamn site has this stupid cookie popup show up. It is like playing whack-a-mole. They should have instead only allow necessary cookies and marketing and other cookies should be part of signing up for a specific service and not just visiting the website. The thought is noble but the implementation sucks.
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Re:EU Digital Markets Act, aimed at Google, Apple, Amazon, a... by throw1230 on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @03:45PM (#32171160)
EU requirement was to inform users on how the data collected about them will be used and give them a choice.

Cookie notices was the industry response, ignoring the spirit of the law and complying at a minimal rate

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Re:EU Digital Markets Act, aimed at Google, Apple, Amazon, a... by mrbombastic on Friday July 22, 2022 @10:31PM (#32199665)
If this is how the industry is complying the law was poorly written no?
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Re:EU Digital Markets Act, aimed at Google, Apple, Amazon, a... by solarkraft on Thursday July 21, 2022 @03:28AM (#32176724)
> The thought is noble but the implementation sucks

And you know who does the actual implementation, right?

This is mostly a case of malicious (arguably non-) compliance.

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Re:EU Digital Markets Act, aimed at Google, Apple, Amazon, a... by permo-w on Thursday July 21, 2022 @07:55AM (#32178279)
it most cases it's not even arguable
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Re:EU Digital Markets Act, aimed at Google, Apple, Amazon, a... by d4a on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @03:46PM (#32171178)
Cookie notices > having tracking cookies enabled by default with no easy way to turn them off
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Re:EU Digital Markets Act, aimed at Google, Apple, Amazon, a... by selfhoster11 on Thursday July 21, 2022 @08:01AM (#32178316)
Cookie banners are a brain-dead, malicious compliance way of evading the actual goal, which was to reduce the needless use of tracking and analytics cookies. AFAIK, if you only use cookies strictly when they need to be used to make your application work, you don't even need the banner.
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Re:EU Digital Markets Act, aimed at Google, Apple, Amazon, a... by chrismartin on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @05:07PM (#32172343)
try easylist-cookies. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23521399
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Re:EU Digital Markets Act, aimed at Google, Apple, Amazon, a... by dx034 on Thursday July 21, 2022 @07:53AM (#32178267)
With the right plugin (both mobile and desktop), you can automatically opt out, something that wasn't possible before. And larger ad companies actually enforce compliance here (where possible).
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Re:EU Digital Markets Act, aimed at Google, Apple, Amazon, a... by goodpoint on Thursday July 21, 2022 @06:45AM (#32177771)
> Europe’s requirement of those pesky cookie notices have killed the joy of surfing the net

This is like blaming the dentist for your tooth pain.

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