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I don't understand why people care about cookies. The stupid cookie banners are an actual nuisance.
I've actually started to reject nonessential cookies most of the time now. Doubt it matters at all.
I don't understand why people care about cookies. The stupid cookie banners are an actual nuisance.
They almost feel like a passive-aggressive thing at this point. There's no reason a cookie banner needs to be a modal dialog that blacks out the rest of the web page.
People seem outraged about the marketing cookies. Genuine question: Why?
This move, like the exclusive Netflix ads inventory, makes it clear that MSFT sees ads as a big driver to business growth.
People seem outraged about the marketing cookies. Genuine question: Why?
Slippery slope. First it's cookies for marketing, then it's selling your data, then it's "sponsored" repositories showing up in search. Next thing you know, recruiters are cold-calling you with your private email address and you can't even get to your own README without scrolling past banner ads and autoplay videos. After all, that's pretty much how the rest of the web works. Do I really think that's going to happen?…
I don't understand why people care about cookies. The stupid cookie banners are an actual nuisance.
As much as I loathe the cookie warnings, I'm constantly amazed at situations that don't avoid them. For example: there is no reason that PayPal needs to serve 3rd party cookies in a payment flow. I've actually started to reject nonessential cookies most of the time now. Doubt it matters at all.
What makes you say they don't need them?
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How do I grant universal consent to be tracked so that I can browse the web in peace? The law failed to consider this and made the browsing experience considerably worse for those of us who couldn't care less about being tracked. Not to mention teaching users who are not tech-savvy to blindly click "I Accept" and "I Agree" without thinking about it which is an absolute disaster since such users cannot distinguish bet…
> How do I grant universal consent to be tracked so that I can browse the web in peace There's a browser extension that automatically rejects cookies on these popups - https://consentomatic.au.dk/ . I've found it works for most websites.
The problem with browser extensions is... you have to trust them.
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How do I grant universal consent to be tracked so that I can browse the web in peace? The law failed to consider this and made the browsing experience considerably worse for those of us who couldn't care less about being tracked. Not to mention teaching users who are not tech-savvy to blindly click "I Accept" and "I Agree" without thinking about it which is an absolute disaster since such users cannot distinguish bet…
This tends to be an unpopular opinion here, but I agree completely. We had almost gotten rid of popups entirely, and now we have something worse, a required annoying banner that often causes the whole window to redraw and move around. Since untracked ads pay 80-90% less than tracked ones, they are borderline required by every site that requires advertising to survive (most websites). In a way I'm sure it's added to v…
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As much as I loathe the cookie warnings, I'm constantly amazed at situations that don't avoid them. For example: there is no reason that PayPal needs to serve 3rd party cookies in a payment flow. I've actually started to reject nonessential cookies most of the time now. Doubt it matters at all.
Payment gateway integrations might be one of the few legitimate non-advertising use cases I can think of for 3rd party cookies. What makes you say they don't need them?
The user tracking makes sense, but ads are weird in this product. There's no way it makes sense to add ads to paying customers. That's strange.