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Re:YouTube's Adblock detection might break the law in the EU by orangecat on Thursday November 09, 2023 @04:14PM (#38211414)
Doesn't that same argument apply to cookie consent popups?

Yes! I would have much preferred the EU to make PSAs explaining how to disable cookies in browsers rather than inflicting popups on billions of users.

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Re:YouTube's Adblock detection might break the law in the EU by TeMPOraL on Friday November 10, 2023 @01:58AM (#38215945)
Companies are being purposefully obtuse with popups as a form of malicious compliance (and in some cases looking suspiciously like political statement) - and you're blaming the EU for it?
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Re:YouTube's Adblock detection might break the law in the EU by orangecat on Friday November 10, 2023 @12:43PM (#38221917)
you're blaming the EU for it?

Yes. If you create regulations with the assumption that they will be followed exactly how you want them to be rather than considering how entities who don't share your goals will react, you are doing a bad job.

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