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by scarface_74 482 days ago
Then we would have to deal with more pop ups. EU laws has led to as much enshittification of the web as any adtech company.
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“Enshittification” is a specific and well-defined term for platform decay in pursuit of profits, it doesn’t mean “anything I dislike”.

This EU hate on account of the banners is misguided: We should be upset at the companies engaging in unfettered data collection and tracking, not the body that made it mandatory for them to reveal their practices. It’s as if your government enacted a law saying restaurants had to inform you whenever they piss in your food, you begin to see warnings everywhere, and then complain about the law instead of the rampant pissing.