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Re:Dear Paul Graham, there is no cookie banner law by layer8 on Monday March 18, 2024 @08:14AM (#39743164)
The law is pretty crystal clear. In many cases the issue is that websites are outsourcing their tracking to ad companies, which in turn apply those banners indiscriminately because that's in their interest.

That being said, all the dark-pattern banners actually break the law. The problem, if anything, is lack of enforcement of the law.

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Re:Dear Paul Graham, there is no cookie banner law by aurareturn on Monday March 18, 2024 @11:04PM (#39752550) 

  The law is pretty crystal clear. In many cases the issue is that websites are outsourcing their tracking to ad companies, which in turn apply those banners indiscriminately because that's in their interest.
You think a small company should roll their own tracking software? A mom and pop website that wants to track its conversion rate on its little eCommerce site?

Come on. Be realistic.

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