Kevin BeaumontNov 20

Worth noting with Mastodon - one of the reasons for no cookie consent popup is.. there are no tracking cookies. At all.

Similar with official mobile apps, there's no privacy agreements etc in the app stores as there's no third party tracking.

Why is this notable? Try doing the same check on Facebook, X, Instagram, Threads, Bluesky or basically anywhere or anything else online. It's basically unheard of in 2025, as everybody else is selling you.

Show threadMarcus Bointon
@GossiTheDog Unfortunately it's becoming hard to tell the difference between sites that don't have a banner because they don't need one, and sites that absolutely do need one but don't because they don't give a shit because nobody is going to enforce anything against them.
Nov 20 at 4:53pmWeb