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by timdaub 1893 days ago
"You need my consent before you track me."

What about this statement is so inherently difficult to understand for SEs at companies like Google?

It's time to stop!

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Upton Sinclair supposedly said, "It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it."

That would be why SEs at Google et. al. seem incapable of understanding. The business model, and thus, their salaries, is dependent upon tracking people, consent or no.