← Back to context Comment by N0isRESFe8GXmqR 11 hours ago Because EU Cookie Law was a flawed idea? 8 comments N0isRESFe8GXmqR Reply OKRainbowKid 11 hours ago How so? The law doesn't require cookie banners. However, you could argue that tracking/advertisement cookies should have been banned completely and that the law is flawed in that it allows for tracking given user "consent". raw_anon_1111 10 hours ago I love the EU apologists - “it wasn’t a bad law just because the outcome was bad” GJim 10 hours ago The alternative being to bend over and grab our ankles with both hands the moment the scummy ad-tech industry requests our data?Sorry mate, the GDPR is there for a bloody good reason; and legit companies obey the law. 4 replies → wsng 10 hours ago It was not a flawed idea, but flawed execution. The law should have mandated to adhere to the user's "do not track" setting in the browser.That being said, it was very early regulation in this field, and more recent approaches are already better, e.g., GDPR, DMA.
OKRainbowKid 11 hours ago How so? The law doesn't require cookie banners. However, you could argue that tracking/advertisement cookies should have been banned completely and that the law is flawed in that it allows for tracking given user "consent". raw_anon_1111 10 hours ago I love the EU apologists - “it wasn’t a bad law just because the outcome was bad” GJim 10 hours ago The alternative being to bend over and grab our ankles with both hands the moment the scummy ad-tech industry requests our data?Sorry mate, the GDPR is there for a bloody good reason; and legit companies obey the law. 4 replies →
raw_anon_1111 10 hours ago I love the EU apologists - “it wasn’t a bad law just because the outcome was bad” GJim 10 hours ago The alternative being to bend over and grab our ankles with both hands the moment the scummy ad-tech industry requests our data?Sorry mate, the GDPR is there for a bloody good reason; and legit companies obey the law. 4 replies →
GJim 10 hours ago The alternative being to bend over and grab our ankles with both hands the moment the scummy ad-tech industry requests our data?Sorry mate, the GDPR is there for a bloody good reason; and legit companies obey the law. 4 replies →
wsng 10 hours ago It was not a flawed idea, but flawed execution. The law should have mandated to adhere to the user's "do not track" setting in the browser.That being said, it was very early regulation in this field, and more recent approaches are already better, e.g., GDPR, DMA.
How so? The law doesn't require cookie banners. However, you could argue that tracking/advertisement cookies should have been banned completely and that the law is flawed in that it allows for tracking given user "consent".
I love the EU apologists - “it wasn’t a bad law just because the outcome was bad”
The alternative being to bend over and grab our ankles with both hands the moment the scummy ad-tech industry requests our data?
Sorry mate, the GDPR is there for a bloody good reason; and legit companies obey the law.
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It was not a flawed idea, but flawed execution. The law should have mandated to adhere to the user's "do not track" setting in the browser.
That being said, it was very early regulation in this field, and more recent approaches are already better, e.g., GDPR, DMA.