> First, you're forcing anyone with a web presence that currently has cookies (and that's probably most of us) to spend time and developer resources addressing this -- time that we could spend really servicing our customers.
I don't accept your premise that "most of us" are using cookies.
In any case, many sites don't need cookies or similar technologies at all, and most of those that do only need them for session data like whether a user is logged in or what is in their shopping cart. Such use is exempt from these new regulations anyway.
I find it interesting that you have such a strong view about regulations that require some trivial effort on the part of legitimate businesses, while at the same time having no problem with a business model that is fundamentally built on harassing all users and making their browsing experience worse. How is your position not hypocritical?
> You're preventing people from doing business one way not because it's wrong, but simply because you find it distasteful.
While you, on the other hand, are suggesting there is nothing wrong with a busines model based on practices that consumers widely dislike but currently cannot do anything about.
The reason we have consumer protection laws is precisely so consumers win and abusive businesses lose in this sort of situation, and while I question the details of these new regulations, I see nothing wrong with the principle behind them.
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> First, you're forcing anyone with a web presence that currently has cookies (and that's probably most of us) to spend time and developer resources addressing this -- time that we could spend really servicing our customers.
I don't accept your premise that "most of us" are using cookies.
In any case, many sites don't need cookies or similar technologies at all, and most of those that do only need them for session data like whether a user is logged in or what is in their shopping cart. Such use is exempt from these new regulations anyway.
I find it interesting that you have such a strong view about regulations that require some trivial effort on the part of legitimate businesses, while at the same time having no problem with a business model that is fundamentally built on harassing all users and making their browsing experience worse. How is your position not hypocritical?
> You're preventing people from doing business one way not because it's wrong, but simply because you find it distasteful.
While you, on the other hand, are suggesting there is nothing wrong with a busines model based on practices that consumers widely dislike but currently cannot do anything about.
The reason we have consumer protection laws is precisely so consumers win and abusive businesses lose in this sort of situation, and while I question the details of these new regulations, I see nothing wrong with the principle behind them.