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Re:Internet's Biggest Annoyance: Cookie Laws Should Target B... by lesuorac on Wednesday October 22, 2025 @09:01AM (#45668438)
Yeah law is kinda like the rules in sports leagues. You have to keep updating it as the meta shits.

It's impossible to write things correctly the first or final time and especially with the interpretation of words changing over time it doesn't matter if you could.

Re:Internet's Biggest Annoyance: Cookie Laws Should Target B... by a4isms on Wednesday October 22, 2025 @09:13AM (#45668600)
Rules in sports are always being adjusted, and participants are always looking for (barely legal) ways to get around them.

Example: In cycling, they banned narrow handlebars. There's an aero advantage, but it was seen as a safety problem. So cyclists canted their brake hoods way inside, rested their hands on the brake hoods, and got an aero advantage.

And now there's a rule about brake hoods. Laws are meant only be living things that change as society changes, and also change to patch what we might call "exploits." You are perfectly correct: It's never one and done, it's an ongoing process.

Re:Internet's Biggest Annoyance: Cookie Laws Should Target B... by jeroenhd on Wednesday October 22, 2025 @09:37AM (#45668966)
This is part of why a lot of EU directives are almost 50% "why this law is necessary and what we're trying to achieve", 30% "what needs to be implemented", and then 20% "who's going to look after all of this and how".

That way, a misplaced comma or a wonky sentence doesn't allow for easy loopholes that need tighter laws to fix issues.

Now law text will work forever, but this format makes for a very solid foundation.