Internet's Biggest Annoyance: Cookie Laws Should Target Browsers, Not Websites

Re:Internet's Biggest Annoyance: Cookie Laws Should Target B... by immibis on Wednesday October 22, 2025 @12:18PM (#45671429)

But the laws do allow this. It's illegal to make the user experience worse if you decline tracking, or to make it harder to decline tracking than to accept it, but it's not illegal to annoy the user on every page load.

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Re:Internet's Biggest Annoyance: Cookie Laws Should Target B... by fsflover on Wednesday October 22, 2025 @02:52PM (#45673521)

> illegal to make the user experience worse

> not illegal to annoy the user on every page load

This looks like a contradiction to me.

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Re:Internet's Biggest Annoyance: Cookie Laws Should Target B... by immibis on Wednesday October 22, 2025 @03:07PM (#45673700)

> if you decline tracking

please read the second half of the clause, kthx

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Re:Internet's Biggest Annoyance: Cookie Laws Should Target B... by mort96 on Wednesday October 22, 2025 @06:54PM (#45676182)

Wait you're saying that the websites in question ask for your consent on every page load even if you give it to them? I was under the impression that they typically pester you for consent until you give it to them, then remember your choice once you "consent"

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Re:Internet's Biggest Annoyance: Cookie Laws Should Target B... by fsflover on Thursday October 23, 2025 @10:02AM (#45681926)

This is true by default, even before you decline the tracking. The two choices, consent and no consent, must be equally possible.

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Re:Internet's Biggest Annoyance: Cookie Laws Should Target B... by ranger_danger on Wednesday October 22, 2025 @02:59PM (#45673608)

OP loves to claim how almost everything is illegal and then not give any useful sources when asked.

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