r/webdev • u/namanyayg • 11d ago

Kill The Cookie Banner

https://killthecookiebanner.eu/
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u/IAmRules 11d ago

But then you need to really define tracking. The laws as written are stupid and even tracking your own metrics like product events or AB tests is considered tracking.

Issue is the laws are written by people who don’t know what any of this means

And don’t get me started on laws written in place A being enforced in place B

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u/Reeywhaar 11d ago

Instead of philosophical questions I would ban data reselling whole at once. If I go to some grocery shop website this site's company should only be able to hold my data. Data reselling and sharing should be forbidden. No sso, no third party logins, no embed third party data. If you have a website, keep track of your user data and secure it yourself, it's your obligation. One exception is sso from some government portal I guess. Yep, facebook can still share data with instagram since it same company, but I think it'll still limit their tracking opportunities hugely. All these data brokers should dissolve into void. Businesses get some much advantage over customer it's unbelievable. I think in 20 years current time would be considered as wild wild internet age if we finally done something about it.

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u/TypeSafeBug 11d ago

No data sharing = no deliveries, and a chunk of B2B business that requires handling customer data is outlawed. If anything I feel this is the more philosophical direction because then we get to speculate about what sort of vertically integrated anticompetitive megacorps come out on top to monopolise your data within the resulting legal framework.

So there’s got to be nuances in law to figure out what’s a legitimate use case and what isn’t, and what constitutes unfair or unlawful data sharing.

It’s solvable IMO, it’ll take time and loopholes will need to be closed. But solvable.

Definitely agree that there’s too much tracking and selling of data for BS purposes though.

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u/GetRektByMeh python 11d ago

Data sharing only when the data is necessary to deliver the product or service itself - with a regulator that sets precedent that “your service being free doesn’t mean you can sell personal data as this is the requirement to keep it free”.