EDIT: I didn’t realize the anger this would bring out of people. It was supposed to be a funny meme based on recent real-life situations I’ve encountered, not an attack on the EU.

I appreciate the effort of the EU cookie laws. The practice of them just doesn’t live up to the theory of the law. Shady companies are always going to find a way to be shady.

  • hairyballs
    141·
    1 year ago

    Why the fuck would they prevent private browsing? I use that a lot to be sure the session is closed correctly.

    • Scoopta
      11·
      1 year ago

      There’s lots of newspaper sites in the US, that do this. They’ll be like “wanna use private browsing, make an account, or go visit from normal browsing.” Idk why they do it but they do. Apparently there are discrepancies in the way browsers handle persistent storage features between private and non-private browsing that allow for detection

        • Scoopta
          1·
          1 year ago

          This comment needs more upvotes…I did not know this was a thing and I’ll try to remember it next time I hit a wall

      • lad
        9·
        1 year ago

        I’d guess they just want to keep track of what you read and how many articles. You still can wipe that information from your browser but private browsing makes it more convenient so they ban it