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Why doesn't the main browsers implement some mechanism to help with the notification and consent of cookies?

Some standards based description about the cookies/etc. that could be consented. Non-consent means the cookie isn't accepted by the browser.

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Certainly with the cookie law, I feel the EU should have legislated the top browser makers to make this a spec and be implemented in the browser, than to rely on each and every website.

The 'cookie law', the new ePrivacy Regulation, is still work in progress. And yep, opt-in via browser configuration (instead of opt-out or no option at all) might become a thing through the upcoming ePrivacy Regulation.

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