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Can anyone recommend any read on what the story of cookie banners is, why they are there, and so on? It’s the single most annoying thing in today’s browsing, and I wish it would just go.

Really, is anybody glad the thing is there? Why? Asking sincerely

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Try https://www.cookielaw.org/the-cookie-law/

Ignore the response that says it is a protest against GDPR, they are two completely separate things.

I believe it's a protest, by data-collecting websites against GDPR. I do not think websites inflict banners on you out of an exaggerated desire to come into compliance; the banners are supposed to annoy you, and you're supposed to blame it on the EU.

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