Re:Dear Paul Graham, there is no cookie banner law
by ImPostingOnHN on Monday March 18, 2024 @11:48AM
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Again, from the perspective of users, the experience got worse only after websites decided for themselves to add annoying cookie banners. Not after the regulation.
> make them go back to being less annoying
That is a request between you and them (the websites), unless you're talking about legislating a banner-less opt-out, or maybe just willing to file a complaint against the website with a data protection authority, if the banner is already illegally annoying.
Websites have the right to annoy their users with cookie popups, with or without the GDPR (ironically , the GDPR actually has some protections here, websites simply break the law). Unfortunately, it seems many are choosing to exercise that right because they make money doing so.
> make them go back to being less annoying
That is a request between you and them (the websites), unless you're talking about legislating a banner-less opt-out, or maybe just willing to file a complaint against the website with a data protection authority, if the banner is already illegally annoying.
Websites have the right to annoy their users with cookie popups, with or without the GDPR (ironically , the GDPR actually has some protections here, websites simply break the law). Unfortunately, it seems many are choosing to exercise that right because they make money doing so.