Jan Wildeboer 😷Feb 2

Repost from https://todon.eu/@marcohackney/115992340469511552 with ALT text added. Unified chargers, free roaming, travel, study and work everywhere in the EU, simple bank transfers with SEPA and Wero. EU makes life better. It' definitely not GoodEnoughâ„¢ in all parts.Work remains to be done. And that's worth doing!

Originally from a Facebook post by the EU Commission, ALT text added by me.

#ThanksEU

Show threadXavierFeb 2
@jwildeboer all we’ve got to do is fix the cookie thing and we’re golden 👌
Show threadJan Wildeboer 😷Feb 2
@xavez Which cookie thing? Just because your fav websites sell their online presence to the tracker and ad mafia who decided to block access until you agree to allow them and their 1482 partners in? The EU is to praise, not blame for that. Cookie banners are not an EU thing. My blog doesn’t ask because they are not needed.
Show threadXavierFeb 2

@jwildeboer you can’t possibly know but I understand all of that better than you might think.

It’s the implementation that’s the mess. Leaving this to millions of websites was a bad idea. It should have always been a browser preference. One exists and could have been adapted.

Show threadXavierFeb 2

@jwildeboer on top of that there really are legitimate benign reasons to track user behaviour and make improvements to websites and applications, that do require some form of cookies or persistent storage on the user’s device.

It’s too easy to wave the data brokers and tracking flag, because the cynical truth is that you don’t even need cookies to do that part.

Show threadCoen WesselmanFeb 2
@xavez @jwildeboer it's messed up because the sector failed to explain what cookies can do in a way that policy makers and politicians can comprehend and work with. Saving the advertising income from policy driven disruption was a larger concern, and now we are stuck with the banners (if you don't block them, run a pi-hole, and avoid advertising hell holes).
Show threadXavier
@wsslmn @jwildeboer yep that’s a part of it for sure. That said if you’re going to pass any law that’s so important, shouldn’t you attempt to understand the thing you’re regulating at a slightly deeper level?
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Show threadCoen WesselmanFeb 2

@xavez @jwildeboer yes, but if the experts from the sector don't inform you well, what else can there be done?

They wanted to keep the responsibility with the end user, and they succeeded. The same sector was very angry at the annoying banners, while this was also what they suggested to the policy makers.

Be very careful when you write down your wishes and send them to people who turn those whishes into policy!