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No cookie consent walls, scrolling isn’t consent, ...
Do Not Track was a failure because no state actor was forcing private companies to comply. Even if it had been an opt-in solution, no company would have respected it.
Avamander
on May 6, 2020
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Interestingly DNT was used by Medium to some extent.
saagarjha
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It's sad that I need to ask what "used" means in this context, but did they
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Do Not Track or use it as a tracking point?
Avamander
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They respected it in the sense that they didn't load external embedded content that didn't respect it.
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