I don't get why people conclude from the cookie hell that "regulations are bad". If those goddamn websites got actual fines for those dark patterns, they wouldn't do it. The EU should just be stricter with the regulations.

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prolly97 an hour ago | parent | next [-]

I don't want an internet designed by lawyers and politicians. And I'm afraid that's what this level of regulation and enforcement would create.

	▲	mzajc 18 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I don't want an internet designed by businessmen and advertisers, yet here we are.
	▲	pnt12 an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Any website can have a button to reject all cookies. Or if you use only functional cookies, you don't even need it! Websites could come together to make it a standard and enable a browser option to avoid bugging you. Guess what: they didn't want that, and some prefer to make cookie banners which are really obnoxious. I'm all up for incentives for better websites, and penalties for shit ones.

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IMTDb 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I m not sure I follow your logic; are you saying that the regulation is not that bad because you are not fined enough if you don't follow it ? Some of us just follow regulations because it's the law - regardless of the fine. I feel like we should be allowed to express our opinion about their merits or shortcomings without considering the penalty aspect which is an entirely separate conversation.

	▲	strken 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I believe the point was the exact opposite: the regulation isn't enforced, which creates these absurd opt-out dialogue trees. If it were to be enforced fully, then anyone without a "reject all" button would be slapped with fines. Maybe even anyone who doesn't abide by the do not track/global privacy control headers.