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illiarian on April 14, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Consent-O-Matic: Automatic cookie management

> that the EU made this cookie banner mess

It didn't.

Companies not willing to comply with GDPR did. As they didn't want to comply with Do Not Track header and used it for fingerprinting.

happymellon on April 14, 2023 [–]

Exactly this.

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