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They could have also started by making the ~4 web browser suppliers implement this consent dialog (remember Netscape cookie dialogs everybody hated 20 years ago?). Then the two W3C/IETF to create a protocol for transmitting consent to the server. Instead of making thousands of companies having to individually spend the money to implement it.

Great for job creation numbers. Crazy mismanaged in all other aspects.

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Thank you! Actually, they could also take this strategy to protect kids from adult/violent/sensitive content. I suspect their strategy is to replicate, with Internet, what they have done with the Financial industry. So it should not be considered as incompetence... on the contrary. (See my other comment for further details https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37457745#37461669 )

I think the “Do Not Track” HTTP header was inspired by a similar idea…but then people used it for tracking (using a non-default setting is a good way to be unique.) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_Not_Track

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