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🇪🇺 What happened to the EU Commission's plans on getting rid of cookie banners? Well, according to the Council’s latest position paper, those have been scrapped. 🚮 This is likely to result in a great deal of hassle and frustration for European users, as well as billions of clicks per year. 🍪

More info 👉 https://noyb.eu/en/eu-member-states-and-google-suddenly-want-keep-cookie-banners #DigitalOmnibus #Cookies #Privacy #EU #Google #Schrems

Jun 24 at 5:00amMixpost
Show threadswieczkos3d ago
@noybeu These banners are synonymous with EU bureaucracy, over-regulation and, at the same time, powerlessness in the face of serious problems.
Show threadmossman3d ago
@swieczkos @noybeu I assume you realise the banners are the result of malicious compliance by Big Tech and *not* the intent or purpose of the laws they pretend to represent...
Show threadMorqendi3d ago

@noybeu

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Show threadToni Aittoniemi3d ago
@noybeu Sudden changes in policy that go against long-term policy goals are often the sign of backroom deals .. 🤔
Show threadMartin Grubinger3d ago
@noybeu added to the cost side: hundreds of kilobytes of JS for every visited page due to obese consent platforms. + Illegal practices like not showing an equal decline option on the first page.
Show threadgemmy3d ago

@noybeu

No frustration for me, I use Consent-O-Matic.

Show threadLeeloo3d ago
@noybeu
Getting rid of cookie banners is easy. 90% of them are basically saying "we don't follow the law [accept]", so simply start handing out fines to the companies in question.
Show threadArthur van der Harg3d ago
@noybeu Makes sense. Chatbots don’t present cookie banners, so if Big Tech wants to steer people from web browsers to their chatbots, cookie walls are a useful irritant.
Show threadtroitregrouloinu3d ago

@noybeu It is killing me how simple and obvious the solution is. Just define a Browser signal (like the "do not track") where you set your preference.

Chrome can keep tracking their users (as they'll set the signal to "agree all") while Firefox will set the signal to "reject all".

All the legal framework can stay the same, just replace the popup with a browser signal, that's it

Show threadmoonwalker3d ago
@troitregrouloinu @noybeu that exists already it's called a gpc signal, barely any sites follow it
Show threadtroitregrouloinu1d ago
@moonwalker @noybeu They don't follow it because it is not mandatory, the EU should impose a gpc-like signal to replace the cookie banners