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That's switching goalposts.

You said only scammy businesses have cookie banners... no, all websites have cookie banners now in EU, and it's majorly annoying, unless you use extensions that click it for you.

(The most popular one is owned by Avast. Which is a horrible company that sells users data. So... yay?)



> You said only scammy businesses have cookie banners

I didn't

> all websites have cookie banners now in EU

All the sites that collect more data than strictly necessary, yes.

Here's an example of a website that spent need a cookie banner: https://github.blog/2020-12-17-no-cookie-for-you/

> The most popular one is owned by Avast. Which is a horrible company that sells users data

Indeed. This should tell you all you need to know about these cookie popups and companies that use Avast's, or IAB's or Admiral's cookie popups.




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