FDR has always been one of my favorite presidents, second maybe to Lincoln. Both were men the establishment assumed were one of them until, to their horror, they governed like they weren't. Both could trash the opposition in one breath and take the moral high ground in the next.
  • A_norny_mousse@piefed.zipEnglish
    127·
    2 days ago

    I was going to dismiss this because

    • we know already
    • looking at the rest of the world through US-shaded glasses

    but this quote rocks:

    Blaming GDPR for the cookie banner is like blaming the health inspector for the roaches. The banner is deliberate vandalism, a dark pattern engineered to exhaust you before you can learn anything about the surveillance apparatus humming behind the “OK.”

    Cookie banners are malicious compliance*.

    What follows is just as quote-worthy, e.g.:

    On May 25th, 2018, GDPR took effect to the sound of American commentary, the way fireworks take effect to the sound of dogs.

    * edit: he says that himself later. I like this guy.

    • bugbear@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      44·
      2 days ago

      I find it weird how many people actually blame GDPR for cookie banners. I mean, yes. I think they should have probably written the law a little bit better to avoid this situation. But malicious compliance is a thing in many laws.

      I also hate how many websites are trying to blackmail me now with “pay or we use your data”

    • yeehaw@lemmy.caEnglish
      15·
      2 days ago

      Cookie banners have lead me to disposable tabs. On my phone everything is opened by default in a Firefox private tab or Firefox focus. Then it gets scrapped. If it’s something I care to keep open, then I’ll open it in a regular tab. Fuck these garbage companies ruining the internet.

      • zerofk@lemmy.zipEnglish
        9·
        2 days ago

        I love the passive aggressive ones that say “we love our European visitors” only to block all access to the site because they’re not allowed to sell our data.