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		eska on May 18, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Who wants to be tracked? There was a law just for cookies before. And no, companies don’t need to put up these prompts, IF they don’t do any UNNECESSARY tracking.

jruohonen on May 18, 2023 | [–]

Cookies belong to the e-privacy directive.

newswasboring on May 18, 2023 | [–]

I'm with you, these prompts are garbage. But they are better than no prompts, because companies are greedy af and they will track. Fixing that is a much larger issue than the bandaid of law.

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