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What's wrong with "charger thing"? I was waiting for that for years.

And GDPR? Really?

It's not anyone's business what kind of phone I buy. If chargers pollute so much, just tax them and be done with it.

I'll add to kukx's reason the fact that I can't access some websites anymore because who wants to spend time with bureaucracy so that the website is 100% compliant with GDPR?

Agree 100%. The cookie law is the most visible failure of these regulations. I feel like they should pay me from their own pockets each time I have to click the cookie banner. And by their own pockets I mean the money they got from other sources than taxpayers money. Of course someone will argue that the intentions were good. Often they are! But it does not make it much better.

What failure? Now everyone knows they are tracked and it's an actual issue.

Besides, the websites could have chosen not to have that cookie window.

Most people are more bothered by the annoyance then some nebulous, intangible “tracking“ that will likely never have a visible effect on their lives.

Outside of high tech places like HackerNews, mention the tracking and you’ll get a shrug, mention the cookie banners and you’ll get a “yeah I hate that crap“

Sure but, no one cares but everybody knows. This made other legislations like GDPR possible.

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