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  • AccidentalLemming@lemmy.worldtoTechnology@lemmy.world•The Internet in Europe TodayEnglish
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    2 years ago

    I don’t like that the post insinuates that the EU created the cookie wall headache. It’s sites that decide they absolutely need to set unnecessary cookies for which they need consent. Iirc websites have to show a ‘Reject all’ button on equal footing with ‘Accept all’ nowadays.

    There are plugins like Consent-O-Matic that do the clicking for you. But the real solution would be that the EU mandates that if the browser sends a Do Not Track signal, websites should treat that as an implicit ‘Reject all’.

  • AccidentalLemming@lemmy.worldtoTechnology@lemmy.world•Online Ratings Are Broken | Companies aren’t asking for your feedback. They’re begging you for data.English
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    2 years ago

    We seek out products that have received good reviews. Preferably lots of reviews and recently written. We’ve voted with our wallets and businesses have adapted.

    Sure the feedback prompts are annoying. But we’re the ones who created the “problem”, and I can easily dismiss review prompts.

    Since a business is at a competitive disadvantage if they’re the only ones not collecting high amounts of reviews, we’d need to level the playing field. I suppose you could create a law banning businesses from explicitly solliciting feedback, leaving it up to people to seek out a feedback form by their own initiative. But then you’ll have only complainers and people who are extremely enthusiastic.