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Not only that, but literally the only reason we even have these popups now is because of recent European laws
I mean the alternative is that they simply sell it without your consent.
i mean, they still do that anyway, for all we know the "disagree" button does fuck all. but at least now we know that they do it, hooray?
Maybe they do, but this way at least they're legally liable for ignoring consent.
corporations are powerful in weak states and srates are weak without citizen participation in politics (parliament & streets) /nordic centric view
Yeah that's my point