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VM (Vicky) Brasseur Sep 22, 2025

Let's be clear here: The law is NOT to blame for cookie banners.

The blame lies with companies that would rather inconvenience you with a banner than respect your privacy by not collecting (and selling) your data..

https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-cookie-law-messed-up-the-internet-brussels-sets-out-to-fix-it/?

Europe’s cookie law messed up the internet. Brussels wants to fix it.

The European Commission wants to take a bite out of privacy rules that force websites to run cookie banners.

POLITICO

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2xfo Sep 22, 2025

@vmbrasseur
Ok but when i went to look at this article i see this

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2xfo

@vmbrasseur
Ok so i started reading this and i understand now that is advertising industry propaganda so of course they have the most obnoxious cookie "consent" screen ever