From: jj@franjam.org.uk   
      
   On 2025-09-26, Retrograde  wrote:   
   > On Thu, 25 Sep 2025 15:46:17 -0000 (UTC)   
   > Rich  wrote:   
   >   
   >> FWIW, those cookie banners are an example of "Malicious Compliance":   
   >   
   > Yes, 100% agree.  Like those guys who pay their back alimony payments in   
   rolls of pennies, just to annoy the ex-wife.   
   >   
   >> Looks like it took a while, but that "get users to pressure the   
   >> lawmakers" part has finally worked.   
   >   
   > I really hope so. Those stupid banners are ridiculous, useless, and   
   > annoying.  Ever get one where the choices are "agree to choking on our   
   > donkey shit" or "manage cookies" where "Manage" takes you to a   
   > management console, which is an enormous admin/bureaucracy time waster   
   > with tons of options.  Dicks.   
      
   No. Usually you get taken to a form where only "necessary" cookies are   
   allowed and you hit save and done.   
      
   Ok - so who wants 1001 advertisers and third party cookies all over the   
   place? It's cookie prolification in the pursuit of harvesting personal   
   data that has ruined the web.   
      
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