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hirako2000 · 2026-08-30T16:04:11.000Z

Exactly like GDPR shouldn't have mandated millions of websites to pop up a consent form, as a global browser setting could would have set consent as a user preference.

But the objective of these regulations aren't what it says on the tin.

inigyou · 2026-08-30T16:42:03.000Z

The objective is exactly what it says on the tin. The malicious compliance is someone else's objective.

samus · 2026-08-30T20:22:32.000Z

The GDPR doesn't directly mandate cookie banners though. It wants consent from users prior to processing their data.

Also, the browser flag that indicates no consent already exists: https://globalprivacycontrol.org/faq