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> how many people do actually turn down cookie banners (well I do, but still)

does anyone know why EU hasn't regulated (read: forced) use of DNT headers or a similar mechanism instead of non-standard cookie banners that are obviously being abused in a malicious compliance way?

Seems to me it could've been just "If I send you `DNT: 1`, that means refuse all non-functional cookies".

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But see, whenever the EU prescribes a specific technical solution there's endless whining about how they're "locking themselves in" even if there's a path to evolution in the regulation (see the unified charger ruling)

But sure, they could have specified something to the effect of "if a browser specifies (though current technical means) that the user is DNT they should follow that" but there was lobbying from the advertisers and other parties as well

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