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minus-squarefonix232@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up7·4 days agoI’d honestly be so much happier if it was a permission request similar to e.g. accessing location or microphone access, for a number of reasons: would be easier to manage as it would end up being a single interface handled by the browser instead of a per-website implementation no differently worded, intentionally vague bullshit options that are designed to entrap the user no struggle finding the enable/disable option after clicking either accept or decline the ability to automatically provide a default answer that gets around to the fucking popup blocking 2/3 of the page
minus-squareorclev@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 days agoBrowsers already have the do not track header, it should just honor that. If you have that set it should be an automatic opt out no banner necessary.
minus-squarelemmydividebyzero@reddthat.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 days agoUnfortunately, it was deprecated in 2025: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_Not_Track I once saw a German website (idealo.de) doing exactly what you said. If the header was set, they skipped the banner and interpreted it as “minimum cookies”.
I’d honestly be so much happier if it was a permission request similar to e.g. accessing location or microphone access, for a number of reasons:
Browsers already have the do not track header, it should just honor that. If you have that set it should be an automatic opt out no banner necessary.
Unfortunately, it was deprecated in 2025: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_Not_Track
I once saw a German website (idealo.de) doing exactly what you said. If the header was set, they skipped the banner and interpreted it as “minimum cookies”.