The rest of the world would be happier if websites geofenced the cookie consent banners to EU IPs only and just left the rest of us alone, with any combination of cookies/tracking.

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GJim 13 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I'm again reminded that a significant percentage of HN posters and readership are those working in US AdTech, who's very salaries are dependent on abusing peoples privacy. Hardly surprising a hefty part of the HN demographic, like yourself, slants towards opposing decent privacy laws.

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duskdozer 13 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

And we'd all be even happier with no banners and no tracking.

	▲	account42 11 hours ago \| parent [-]
		And even happier with no ads.

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cryptonym 13 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The whole world would be even happier if websites stoped this nonsense tracking of every single action bloating a single webpage with 20Mb of JS, connecting to 50+ domains, impacting accessibility, data usage & interactivity.

	▲	cwillu 13 hours ago \| parent [-]
		But how will my PM get his fancy overlay of our website with the heatmap of user clicks and dwells to grossly misinterpret?

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Nursie 12 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

You don’t need to put up these banners if you aren’t doing dodgy shit with PII