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by KronisLV 2 days ago
Yeah, it's very overpowered and should be nerfed - they still haven't patched the cookie consent dialogs out.

To expand upon the silly comment a bit, not sure about this particular initiative, but to me it very much feels like something that should be configurable at browser level, instead of half-assed dark-pattern-filled JS dialogs: https://killthecookiebanner.eu/

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It definitely should be, but this just goes to show that regulations are necessary if we don't want companies to unnecessarily screw with users. It would have been better that way for every user, but it would be worse for people who want to sell everyone's personal information.

Oh, and please ignore that this surveillance apparatus is now being used to expell people, all of which already has resulted in many missing people, and even some deaths. Any historical parallels are entirely coincidental.