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Re:Show HN: A Chrome extension that will auto-reject non-ess... by berkes on Tuesday April 29, 2025 @10:21AM (#43833074)
Yes. But "these websites" will then be prosecuted, their owners cannot enter the EU ever again without the risk of severe penalties, they cannot do business in the EU and can and often will, lose access to many services that do want to stay on the good side the EU (i.e. will see their google ads blocked, their stripe frozen, their hosting closed etc)

Edit: what I'm trying to say is: this "technical" problem has a real and working "solution" that's not technical at all: law and enforcement. Now, that won't work for all and everything, it never does. There will always be malicious, scammy, malware, criminal and illegal webservices around. But it makes it very hard for malicious actors to do so and make money.

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Re:Show HN: A Chrome extension that will auto-reject non-ess... by coldpie on Tuesday April 29, 2025 @10:27AM (#43833158)
Yeah but the question is how you, as a user, should best protect yourself. I'm saying clicking the "No" provides no advantage over using a browser that just protects you from tracking by default. Then it doesn't matter whether the website is following the law or whether the EU (where I don't live) will enforce the law or change it in the future or whatever.

> Now, that won't work for all and everything, it never does. There will always be malicious, scammy, malware, criminal and illegal webservices around.

Yeah, exactly. So if I have to protect myself from those websites anyway, I may as well apply the same protections to all websites. Clicking the "No" does nothing for me.

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Re:Show HN: A Chrome extension that will auto-reject non-ess... by ziofill on Tuesday April 29, 2025 @11:56AM (#43834380)
> So if I have to protect myself from those websites anyway, I may as well apply the same protections to all websites.

And what is the protection?

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Re:Show HN: A Chrome extension that will auto-reject non-ess... by coldpie on Tuesday April 29, 2025 @12:10PM (#43834569)
I posted links up thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43832541
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