Analysis of economic and productivity losses caused by cookie banners in Europe
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Re: Analysis of economic and productivity losses caused by cookie banners in Europe
#2This is probably the biggest fail in the history of the European Union.
Re: Analysis of economic and productivity losses caused by cookie banners in Europe
#3I am about as far from Europe as you can get, and I think my fellow kiwis also spent an inordinate about of time clicking EU mandated cookie banners.
Cookies should be enforced in the browser. I think all the major browsers block third party cookies now. Bad actors can use other fingerprints to do tracking.
Re: Analysis of economic and productivity losses caused by cookie banners in Europe
#4This is probably the biggest fail in the history of the European Union.
At least the most visible one!
Re: Analysis of economic and productivity losses caused by cookie banners in Europe
#5Correct URL: https://legiscope.com/blog/hidden-productivity-drain-cookie-...
> This situation calls for an urgent revision of the ePrivacy Directive
Shame companies cannot live without tracking cookies, and shame that the blame somehow end up on the regulation, rather than the companies who are the ones who introduce this cookie banner and "massive productivity loss".
You know the best way of not having to put up cookie banners on your website? Don't store PII in cookies. You know the best way of not having to care about GDPR? Don't store PII.
Re: Analysis of economic and productivity losses caused by cookie banners in Europe
#6Hop into your uBlock Origin settings and enable the Cookie Banner filters. Fixed. Enable the Annoyances filters too, while you're in there.
If you're on iOS, the Kill Sticky bookmarklet does a decent job of cleaning these up without breaking most sites: https://www.smokingonabike.com/2024/01/20/take-back-your-web...
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#8So like 1hr per person per year?
Re: Analysis of economic and productivity losses caused by cookie banners in Europe
#9This destroyed the world wide web, which was the major driver of the internet as a consumer application. I'm referring to the experience of intelligent & creative publishers sharing content openly on the web. This did far more to destroy the world wide web than ads or tracking
Re: Analysis of economic and productivity losses caused by cookie banners in Europe
#10Correct URL: https://legiscope.com/blog/hidden-productivity-drain-cookie-... > This situation calls for an urgent revision of the ePrivacy Directive Shame companies cannot live without tracking cookies, and shame that the blame somehow end up on the regulation, rather than the companies who are the ones who introduce this cookie banner and "massive productivity loss". You know the best way of not having to put up coo…
You know the best way to protect your PII from websites? Don’t use the internet.