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This raise a bunch of interesting questions, but the first one that comes to mind is "should approving such cookie popup for your business be considered a clear sign of mental illness?". This is clearly the work of a dangerous and deranged mind that I would not feel comfortable letting my family hang out with.

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Come on now, that's facetious and you know it. I'm on your side but hyperbole like that isn't going to get us anywhere. Let's just invoke Hanlon's razor and accept that these decisions are mostly just made without much thought or understanding.

To be honest I did hesitate on hitting the reply button because I knew it was a rage-fueled comment at the time. Yet, now that I calmed down I still don’t see how this could not have been

1. made poorly by design

2. approved by someone that have no clue why it was designed this way

So yes, my comment may seem hyperbolic but I still think that mixing with such people is a bad idea as long as they show no remorse knowingly doing damaging deeds.

That said, this is clearly off-topic and I regret starting this discussion here.

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