Cheap_Meeting t1_j7bsnoo wrote on February 5, 2023 at 5:03 PM

Reply to comment by kaiser_xc in [N] GitHub CEO on why open source developers should be exempt from the EU’s AI Act by EmbarrassedHelp

No, what u/mulokisch is saying is that the cookie disclaimers are unrelated to GDPR.

Hyper1on t1_j7c7vga wrote on February 5, 2023 at 6:44 PM

This isn't true - GDPR puts much more onerous restrictions on what consent must be gained before personal data is processed. Much of what cookies collect is considered personal data, and so immediately on GDPR's passing, many websites started to change their cookie acceptance boxes to these massive things which take up half the screen and have granular consent check boxes. Another factor which just makes browsing the web increasingly inconvenient for the average user.

kaiser_xc t1_j7bswse wrote on February 5, 2023 at 5:05 PM

Oh. My bad. I guess I should read up more on this before commenting.