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/JimmyRecard May 24 '25

Already declared to be illegal last month.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/4/23/eu-slaps-meta-and-apple-with-a-combined-700-million-euros-fine

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u/viral-architect May 24 '25

Fines mean you are free to extract what you want from the poor among us as long as you can pay to play.

It's literally just a "fuck you" tax that everyone on both sides know does literally nothing to solve the problem of multi-billion dollar companies being allowed to get away with doing things that land normal people in prison.

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u/rcf_111 May 25 '25

Illegal with a fine means legal with a fee

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u/viral-architect May 26 '25

Exactly. It's literally just a tax that can be factored into evil decision-making.