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I don't click every consent banner and you also shouldn't. You'd be surprised how many accept a No just fine, which is the intended use.


> I don't click every consent banner and you also shouldn't.

And the regulation isn't for tech-savvy power users, it's for the general population. And they do click every consent banner.


Windows Vista's UAC modal was a good example of this.

Even the most tech-savvy HNer was clicking through those without any thought and soon turned auto-consent on (aka disabled UAC).




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