VM (Vicky) BrasseurSep 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
Show threadGreg Walker 

@vmbrasseur

I didn't bother reading most of the article because of this

Also, cookies are not harmless. If they were harmless, websites would not deploy them. I

Sep 22, 2025 at 12:00pmWeb
Show threadVeza85UESep 22, 2025
@gregsie @vmbrasseur I didn't click because #PoliticoIsTrash and its European version is owned by Axel Springer (Thiel supposedly dumped them a few months ago, but they're no better). Of course they would frame the issue like this...