European Union set to revise cookie law, admits cookie banners are annoying

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European Union set to revise cookie law, admits cookie banners are annoying
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Eh, I think cookies should just be opt-in unless they're absolutely necessary for the site to function.

Then all cookies will be considered necessary. It's very hard to legislate the edge case.

It's already the case that necessary cookies don't need permission, but websites do not abuse this to not show the prompt. This is because the legislation has teeth.

Companies already bundle their invasive data collection with necessary features so if you block it than the website just won't work, this would incentivise that behavior if necessary cookies are automatically approved.

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