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by randunel 587 days ago
No, it's not a prime example of the EU being utterly useless. It's a prime example of companies engaging in shady practises. This is what all the websites should have done: https://github.blog/news-insights/company-news/no-cookie-for...

Quote from the blog post:

> Well, EU law requires you to use cookie banners if your website contains cookies that are not required for it to work.

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It is quite ironic to get a cookie banner on tat page.
And disappointing.

Hopefully that doesn't mean my blog, currently hosted on github, is getting them again — those popups were one reason I moved away from Wordpress (well before the latest drama).