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people like to think they are "doing something" even if it clearly does nothing. Kind of a collective guilt complex

The solution is to use they "i don't care about cookies" chrome extension




That's not it at all - the banners are not required unless they intend to track you - stuff like sessions data or theme selection does not pertain to the 'cookie law', itself.

The way most popup exist does not constitute an affirmative choice, which makes their existence & purpose misleading on purpose.




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