Comment by reorder9695
1 day ago
Don't underestimate the argument of "just to be on the safe side". Someone running a business who doesn't know a lot about cookies will often just put a banner on as an easy arse covering mechanism even when not required.
Or they had their site developed by an agency and the cookie banner is just part of their standard scaffolding for a new site.
Perhaps someone could publish a clear A/B test on how many views/conversions you lose by having a cookie banner?
That doesn't work, because you have to list what cookies you're asking for.
If the banner's not required, it ends up saying stuff like "we'd like permission to share your data with 0 partners". Ever see that?
The fact is most website operators want to use your data for non-essential purposes.
Let businesses who don't know what they're doing be outcompeted by businesses who know what they're doing.