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0 pointstempnow9874y ago0 comments

I think this is basically a fat EU lie - that if you pop up a cookie popup most users say no to cookie banners.

I've heard that if you do a non-modal cookie banner, 75% of people just ignore it rather than go into it to deny cookies. About 12% (half of remaining) click accept all cookies. The rest close it again without taking action if they can.

I realize there are folks who go into things and customize everything on every website - most users I think don't care enough.

What's funny -> your ISP might be selling your browsing history. Your TV is selling your watching history and no one cares. But cookie pop-ups everywhere is all these privacy idiots can think about. It's performative privacy, that annoys the heck out of a lot of users and wastes a ton of time.

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scraptor4y ago

My hypothetical ISP and TV would also be violating GDPR if they did such things. They might currently face fewer lawsuits than google but that doesn't mean that no one cares.

tempnow987OP4y ago

The rule is europe is basically this:

"Internet Service Providers on the European market cannot sell the browser history of their users, without their explicit and informed consent". So they add another paragraph in the sign up screen you have to click yes on to get your discounted service.

This is the failing of the EU model. Users will provide consent to access a service in most cases. To work around that no the EU is jumping through all sorts of highly subjective hoops around what is explicit consent (it's usually pretty darn explicit), coming up with ideas of legitimate interest (talk about subject to interpretation) etc