Jeff AtwoodAug 30, 2025
Look, EU, it is difficult to take you seriously when you forced all this cookie notification bullshit on us. That feature a) should not exist and b) if it did, should be a BROWSER feature not "every website in the entire world now has to bother everyone forever about this stupid thing" https://blog.codinghorror.com/breaking-the-webs-cookie-jar/
Breaking the Web’s Cookie Jar

The Firefox add-in Firesheep caused quite an uproar a few weeks ago, and justifiably so. Here’s how it works: * Connect to a public, unencrypted WiFi network. In other words, a WiFi network that doesn’t require a password before you can connect to it. * Install Firefox and the Firesheep

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Show threadEric VitielloAug 30, 2025
@codinghorror It really is obnoxious that this isn’t a browser function. I would have saved SO many hours of effort.
Show threaddusoftAug 31, 2025
@pixel @codinghorror GPC. Is it implemented in your browser?
Show threadgorsefanAug 31, 2025

@dusoft @pixel @codinghorror exactly. The ad industry ignored DNT because they could. GPC dates from 2024. We’ve been dealing with gdpr for many more years. Soon after California passes laws that impact US traffic to US businesses, W3 come up with GPC 🤔🤔

Will chromium implement it? Seems unlikely. There are plugins, which I expect Google will see ad favourably as adblockers, if they get traction. The problem here is not the EU, it’s Google.

Show threadgorsefan

@pixel @codinghorror @dusoft

I work on a Google & IAB TCF-certified CMP and we will need to implement GPC, even though it won’t appear in Chrome unless lawmakers can force Google into doing so. Not holding my breath.

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