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Re:94% of users prefer not to be tracked, so why do consent ... by ajsnigrutin on Thursday May 18, 2023 @05:08AM (#35985643)
> I think the EU regulation that forced these cookie acceptance forms

Yep, i'm just not sure if it was general incompetence or just plain lobbying by third parties to do so.

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Re:94% of users prefer not to be tracked, so why do consent ... by operator-name on Thursday May 18, 2023 @02:42PM (#35992307)
The EU regulation enforced _asking users for permission before being tracked_ for non legitimate interests. There is new regulation in progress that mandates opting out to be as easy as opting in ("the Good").

None of this would be a problem if companies only used cookies for legitimate purposes.

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