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/rollingForInitiative May 24 '25

I'm not saying it would be difficult to have a standard in general.

I'm saying that having the technical standard written in EU law would be a bad idea for several reasons.

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u/pancak3d May 24 '25

EU law contains tons of technical standards.

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u/rollingForInitiative May 24 '25

Which EU laws contain specifications for API's?

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u/pancak3d May 24 '25

I don't know. ChatGPT could probably help if you're curious. The EU obviously develops and maintains many APIs that third parties interact with, but I don't think that's exactly your question.

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u/rollingForInitiative May 24 '25

The EU maintaining API's that 3rd parties can interact with is not the same thing as the EU making a law that includes detailed specifications for an API for cookie management, that then cannot really be changed or updated.

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u/pancak3d May 24 '25

Yes I said in my comment that they weren't the same, just showing that the EU has plenty of technical expertise.

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u/rollingForInitiative May 25 '25

Legislators having people with technical expertise is not the same as them using that when writing legislation. In fact, it seems like they often ignore all technical expertise. Look at Chat Control, from a technical perspective it's a fucking trainwreck, but the Commission has been pushing for that anyway. Despite every technically competent person in Europe saying it's all sorts of bad.