• radix
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    Yeah, this should be illegal. I predict California and/or the EU will get rid of it soonish (within the next 10 years maybe? not the most experienced forecaster).

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      It is IIRC. In the eu I think its mandatory that declining cookies is as easy as accepting.

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        Which is better but still sucks. The whole thing is flawed from the ground up: In order to remember you opted out of cookies, it is necessary to store a cookie in your browser. Cookies should be op-in but I think it’s obvious this is not gonna happen

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          Pretty sure a cookie like that would fall under strictly necessary, so you’re still allowed to save it without consent.

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        Yes, it mandates a Do Not Sell My Personal Information toggle, as I understand it.

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          Which usually requires an email address, in my experience, so it’s really only worth doing that if you already have an account at that site.

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            I’ve never been asked for an email address. That sucks.