Agreed. The sentiment was fine, the execution terrible.
Comment on Showing your ID to get online might become a reality
grue@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoThe problem with the cookie law wasn’t the concept of it, it was the EU’s failure to crack down on malicious compliance.
They should’ve revised the law to make it opt-out by default.
wwb4itcgas@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
rumba@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
If you make it opt out by default, They could just design the software to not let you enter the page unless you opt in. Often get the page opt out get a nice advertisement for the service.
Even using cookies to help with load balancing is a pain in the ass these days. There’s a fuck ton of legitimate reasons to use cookies, If you want to stop tracking, Make it illegal to track people and sell advertising data based on it.
Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
A massive number of people would just not engage with the website if that happened, and they’d give in very fast.