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[-] guyrocket@kbin.social 51 points 8 months ago

Next question: How to get the whole EU to take this legal position?

[-] DarkThoughts@kbin.social 14 points 8 months ago

I could see it happen eventually. Would definitely be the best outcome for this whole consent banner madness.

[-] Norgur@kbin.social 32 points 8 months ago

Well, let's see how tue whole IT world weasels out of this one.

[-] perviouslyiner@lemm.ee 24 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

"oh we can't possibly understand that field, as there is no agreed industry standard for how to treat it" - Get out, you know exactly what it means.

[-] Norgur@kbin.social 18 points 8 months ago

Bein forced to accept this would make their whole dark pattern cookie bullshit useless, sooooo

[-] governorkeagan@lemdro.id 15 points 8 months ago

It’ll be interesting for sure! Specifically the big tech companies (looking at you Meta, Google, Microsoft)

[-] magnetosphere@kbin.social 12 points 8 months ago

Title in English, article in German… not great.

[-] jlow@beehaw.org 12 points 8 months ago

Yeah, true. But maybe the perfect time to try the new translation feature in Firefox? ^__^

[-] magnetosphere@kbin.social 4 points 8 months ago

I don’t like or trust software translation. It’s often clunky, feels unnatural, and misses important nuance.

[-] DarkThoughts@kbin.social 8 points 8 months ago

Then use an addon that uses translation services like Google or DeepL? Or hire an actual translator if you feel that's also unacceptable.

[-] radioactiveradio@lemm.ee 9 points 8 months ago

Or learn the language, by FOSS means ofc. Make sure to check the licence for each word and verify the GPG key.

[-] 0x0@programming.dev 11 points 8 months ago

Good luck enforcing it.

[-] Vexz@kbin.social 3 points 8 months ago

The title is misleading. The article only talks about LinkedIn.

[-] DarkThoughts@kbin.social 14 points 8 months ago

It's called legal precedence.

[-] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 3 points 8 months ago

Kinda makes me want to move to Germany...

[-] HanabiYokai@lemmy.today 2 points 7 months ago

Hell yes!

Now if only this type of ruling would happen everywhere.

this post was submitted on 01 Nov 2023
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