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 threadBen S.Jul 1, 2023
@samir @wolfpld @ocornut please explain why showing ads requires cookies. This should not be necessary.
Show threadSamir Al-BattranJul 2, 2023

@HunterZ
There are many reasons, some are legitimate, some are not
1. The ads need to be diverse (i.e. not showing you the same ad over and over)
2. Ads that you disapprove should not be shown to you (when you say don't show me ads like this)
3. The ads need to be relevant, if you click on an ad for cars, it means ads for cars are relevant to you
Then there are targeting ads based on demographics/interests (this is usually an option by website owner)

Then there is ads relevancy, another option

Show threadSamir Al-Battran
@HunterZ
But the point is that this is not the website owner's fault, it is the broker who pushes the cookies, and the laws go after the website owner not the broker
You as the user, think this is giving you a sense of privacy, but in reality it is not because the websites that don't care about the laws are actually the ones that take your data and sell it without you knowing! And Incognito browser (which I am advocating for here) protects you, except GDPR makes it a hell to use
Jul 2, 2023 at 11:25amWeb