Bartosz TaudulJul 1, 2023

@ocornut EU cookie law is not the problem. You don't need to ask for consent for essential cookies, like the ones that store your login session ID or the shopping cart in a web store.

Every time you see the cookie popup, it's about selling your browsing data to third parties.

We see these popups everywhere and the reasoning is "the EU did something stupid", but it's the opposite. They caught the thieves red-handed.

"We value your privacy." Yeah, no shit. By putting a monetary value on it.

Show threadSamir Al-BattranJul 1, 2023
@wolfpld @ocornut
Not really about selling your data. Most of it because they show you ads, and that requires third party cookies.
Sometimes my IP is seen as from the EU and I can tell you it's a horrible experience.
I use incognito, and the popups are insane!
The only way you can browse is by accepting these cookies, and it's almost impossible to browse incognito, in other words it's doing the opposite of what it's supposed to do.
Show threadCassandrichJul 1, 2023

@samir @wolfpld @ocornut That's just outright false. You can reject them and everything works.

And "it's not selling your data, it's showing you ads" is the most bad-faith bullshit I could imagine some web bro pulling out of his ass. THEY ARE EXACTLY THE SAME THING. SHOWING YOU ADS IS HOW THEY SELL YOUR DATA because the ad provider sees every navigation action you make on the site (and maybe a lot more than that).

Show threadSamir Al-BattranJul 1, 2023
@dalias
You want your news for free and don't want the people who write the articles to make money from ads. Self entitled
Show threadCassandrichJul 1, 2023
@samir Go on, keep showing your audience what garbage you are.
Show threadSamir Al-Battran
@dalias I don't block many people here, but you deserve to be on that list
Jul 1, 2023 at 6:42pmWeb