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Re:Kill The Cookie Banner by inigyou on Sunday July 26, 2026 @03:23PM (#49061480)
You think the average user is going to explicitly whitelist? The law requires sites to whitelist their own cookies under penalty of law, instead.
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Re:Kill The Cookie Banner by mike_hock on Sunday July 26, 2026 @03:41PM (#49061673)
> You think the average user is going to explicitly whitelist

When prompted by the browser on first login/signup, yes, the same way the password manager works. With stored passwords, keeping the login cookie doesn't even add much value.

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Re:Kill The Cookie Banner by inigyou on Sunday July 26, 2026 @04:53PM (#49062289)
What about the other 200 unskippable prompts you get just by opening the website?

Well, there is a skip button. It's labelled "accept all"

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