Brave browser to start blocking annoying cookie consent banners
Everytime I read about this, it makes me think about this game:<p><a href="https://termsandconditions.game/" rel="nofollow">https://termsandconditions.game/</a><p>(SSL warning)<p>These shenanigans are not required, they are very much designed on purpose.<p>Indeed, corporations can follow the "Do Not Track" header. There is nothing in the EU law that requires a banner, only informed consent.<p>So if I have DNT=1 set in my browser, pop a quick non modal notification saying "we wants to track you but but we won't because you said not to. Click here if you want to change that". Solved.<p>I'm informed. I made my choice.<p>But that's not what it's about.<p>Because the vast majority of people would not consent. Who are you kidding? This tracking is not benefiting us. It's like when politician says it's "for the children" or "to fight terrorists". Everybody knows there are full of it.<p>So the banner is just the most annoying way that is legally allowed to try to get people to force-accept tracking. In fact, some banner are crafted to make rejection the hardest path for this very reason.<p>Those corps chose to make the web terrible a little bit more every day: tracking, auto play, scroll hijacking, dark patters, cookie banners...<p>We should thank the UE a 1000 times to reveal who are the bad players.