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by mgkimsal 801 days ago
That’s sad and frustrating that we’ve come to this point. I posted a web service I’d done and someone questioned that. I was told “you have to have a pop up - it’s not legal to run a site without that!” (Paraphrasing). I despair of what we’ve turned the web in to.
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If you want to link a high profile example, GitHub doesn't have one: https://github.blog/2020-12-17-no-cookie-for-you/
Im not sure if youre joking but I get a cookie popup when visiting this link.
Ohwow, they walked back on it. I guess their analytics were worth more after all.
github.blog ask for cookies, but github.com does not
Thanks!