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They dont need consent for cookies. They need consent for tracking

Heads up - most users do NOT care about tracking, and click yes to these popups. Do folks on HN not get this?

This is all posturing. If you want to reduce tracking, use a browser that reduces the tracking. Seriously, just use total cookie protection or something on firefox.

> most users do NOT care about tracking, and click yes to these popups

By a corollary, some users DO care about tracking and click "no" to these popups.

Which ends up doing almost nothing in terms of actual tracking.

There is a cookie banner filter list for uBlock Origin :)

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