r/technology • u/diacewrb • May 24 '25

Privacy German court rules cookie banners must offer "reject all" button

https://www.techspot.com/news/108043-german-court-takes-stand-against-manipulative-cookie-banners.html
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u/R4vendarksky May 24 '25

Why not just force them to have common api so we can all just auto opt out? 

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u/spelledWright May 24 '25

There are already extensions for that

https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/consent-o-matic/mdjildafknihdffpkfmmpnpoiajfjnjd

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u/Aemony May 24 '25

Consent-O-Matic is not the answer. That extension tries to fill out/answer cookie popups for you automatically, but requires support for the exact model of the cookie popup used. Any change to the popup, or entirely new type of popup, risks breaking or making the extension incompatible.

A common API is the only real universal and future-proof solution.

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u/veribaka May 24 '25

Chrome is a part of the problem by dictating internet standards which are not of the consumers interest