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Nothing to make you marvel at the wonders of technology like a massive cookie consent dialog ON THE TELLY 
A reminder that obnoxious, blocking cookie consent banners are not required by law but are there because tech companies had a massive tantrum at being prevented from tracking the bejesus out of you by default.. They don't need to be annoying or intrusive, companies can absolutely choose not to track, to track less, or make the consent experience easier, they choose not to
@sue I note cookie banners from US sites that are now accept invasion or leave the site.
Not sure how this fits into a GDPR framework
@channelOwen oh excellent that's next level
@sue So, if you are technical, get used to browsing the webcontent as a JSON document, and for-go JS execution and like "webpage"-ness.
EDIT: I suspect this doesn't work, but it does allow me to see all the text that should be on screen more easily.
My first thought on this was that many sites have banners where all you can do is accept ALL of the cookies or you're not going any further.
At least they weeded themselves out as the toxic places they are with that, and yes I just leave.
@MyWoolyMastadon @channelOwen @sue it's their website, if you don't like the way they do business then take your dollars elsewhere
Your money or that sweet sweet cookie data. They've made it clear what they'd rather have
@MyWoolyMastadon @channelOwen @sue I also just leave, but I'm not sure they actually delay loading the cookies until they get your accept 