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You Know GDPR Is Good Based on Who Hates It
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this post was submitted on 29 Aug 2026
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I was going to dismiss this because
but this quote rocks:
Cookie banners are malicious compliance*.
What follows is just as quote-worthy, e.g.:
* edit: he says that himself later. I like this guy.
I love cookie banners because it lets me see up front what sites I should avoid.
Only allow the absolute necessary partners*
*List of 7,396 companies, all of them leeches.
In 6pt font just two lines under a giant header saying "we care about your privacy"
I hate those pre-made consents where it forces you to disable each one manually. Hell naw, am leaving.
That, or I click on "oh my god, yes please, I love cookies, give me all of them".
And then laugh, because I block them all anyway.
You understand that car racing is the most blatantly advertised sport, or really, popular entity that ever exists, right? It's been a running joke for decades how many sponsorships are plastered all over their cars and outfits.
I find it weird how many people actually blame GDPR for cookie banners. I mean, yes. I think they should have probably written the law a little bit better to avoid this situation. But malicious compliance is a thing in many laws.
I also hate how many websites are trying to blackmail me now with "pay or we use your data"
spoiler alert. they will use/sell your data regardless.
Cookie banners have lead me to disposable tabs. On my phone everything is opened by default in a Firefox private tab or Firefox focus. Then it gets scrapped. If it's something I care to keep open, then I'll open it in a regular tab. Fuck these garbage companies ruining the internet.
I love the passive aggressive ones that say “we love our European visitors” only to block all access to the site because they’re not allowed to sell our data.
I was honestly sooo incredibly proud when my boss told me: "We'll do everything to avoid having to present a cookie banner. See that nothing links to Google or Facebook, I want the most information we can get about our visitors while as little as is needed to be GDPR compliant and give nothing to big data."
The result is we'll collect data about how visitors use the website without any personal information, completely anonymous until you log in. No ads, no tracking, no Google Analytics and no active social media snippets until the user themself activates them. And we were still able to see what was doing good or doing bad on the site.