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monocularvision | 3 months ago

Is that why most of the EU governmental websites have the same cookie pop up banners?

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hdgvhicv|3 months ago

Lack of product ownership and cargo cult developers.

Legislation can’t change culture.

monocularvision|3 months ago

Goalposts moved.

The original claim was that the compliance was done for malicious reasons to change the law. Another possibility is that lawyers are a cautious bunch and advise their clients to take a less risky option when implementing a legal requirement. From personal experience, I would saw that latter is much more likely and would also explain why government agencies interpret these rules the same way when developing their websites.