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Which communication protocol or open standard in software do you wish was more common or used more? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Whether you're really passionate about RPC, MQTT, Matrix or wayland, tell us more about the protocols or open standards you have strong opinions on!

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[–] starman 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It could be forced by law

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Globally?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

Those cookie banners were introduced because of an EU law and are seen all over the world

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Most of those cookie banners are not even needed, you only need them for tracking cookie, not login and session cookies. But of course everyone decided it is just easier to nag all the users with a big splash screen.

A lot of them are not even doing it right, you are not allowed to hint the user that accept all is the "correct" choice by having it in a different color than the others. And being able to say no to all shouls be as easy as accepting all, often it isn't.

Basically, cookie banners are usually not needed and when they are they are most often incorrectlt designed (not by accident).

[–] words_number 4 points 7 months ago

But of course everyone decided it is just easier to nag all the users with a big splash screen.

Nope, the thing is, you'll very rarely find a website that only uses technically necessary session/login cookies. The reason every fucking website, yes, even the one from the barber shop around the corner, has a humongous cookie banner is that every fucking website helps google and other corporations to track users across the whole internet for no reason.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Yes, seen by people visiting EU websites or companies with an EU presence. And because whether or not they assign a cookie is easily verifiable by the person on the other end.