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by itake 1055 days ago
Just a guess, but even people that don't want to be tracked choose the easy "accept everything" button than spending the time to customize the tracking.

If companies DoNotTrack, they will have fewer people opting-in for tracking.
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sshine 1055 days ago
> even people that don't want to be tracked choose the easy "accept everything" button

The design of these consent forms is often so obscure I end up in some menu system with too much information I didn't want, and no hotkeys to go back except leave the website.

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yomlica8 1055 days ago
I usually right click these and choose ublock origin's block element to make it go away. I actually don't know what that means as I never answered the question one way or the other.
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mrguyorama 1055 days ago
Nearly every single cookie pop up I have seen is provided by the exact same third party company. That cookie dialog has an option where you can have a simple "Reject all" button that you can click to reject all "not necessary" cookies and use the website.

It is the website owners fault when they choose not to turn that feature on.

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JoshTriplett 1055 days ago
That shouldn't be a "feature" that you can turn on and off; according to the EU regulations, the option must be equally prominent so there should always be a "reject all" button, and it can't be buried or made harder to see than the "accept all" button.

(Leaving aside that sites should just not have these banners, which provides the best user experience. Just delete all the tracking and the banners along with it.)

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