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European Union set to revise cookie law, admits cookie banners are annoying (www.techspot.com)
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[–] 321 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It would be nice if the options weren't like "Enable all cookies" and "navigate 4 menus that try to convince you to enable all cookies."

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  • [–] 192 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It would be better if you could set your preference on the browser once and never have to mess with it again unless you want to have exceptions for specific sites

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  • [–] 68 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    In theory this is done. There is a Do Not Track (DNT) header that is browser defined. Does anyone use it? Do they fuck.

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  • [–] 78 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    AFAIK the regulation already says that the "only necessary" should be available with one click. I think the issue is that it's difficult to go after all the small pages that are breaking the law. The big ones like YT of Google already have the 'disable all' button on top, I'm guessing because EU complained.

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  • [–] 26 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It doesn't say that it should be available with one click.

    It says that accepting should be just as easy as declining. Which also includes things like not being allowed to have a "greyed out" button to reject while the accept button is big and sparkly.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago

    It depends on the country. GDPR is not a law. It's a framework that countries use to implement national laws. GDPR doesn't say anything about one-click rejection, but some countries added it to their national law.

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