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Re:Internet's Biggest Annoyance: Cookie Laws Should Target B... by mrguyorama on Wednesday October 22, 2025 @02:05PM (#45672896)
>If clicking "deny" is as easy as clicking "accept", people will mostly just do the former.

Unfortunately, I don't actually think people realize the law is on their side here. My girlfriend never clicked "Reject All" until I told her to because she thought something wouldn't work if she did that!

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Re:Internet's Biggest Annoyance: Cookie Laws Should Target B... by speleding on Thursday October 23, 2025 @06:20AM (#45680263)
Your girlfriend was somewhat right though: if you click "Reject all" they cannot show you targeted ads, and will show you generic ads instead. That's why I always accept the tracking cookies, for me the price of the privacy incursion is worth seeing more relevant ads.
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