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What if GDPR mandated that cookies be a browser-level permission instead of a site-implemented permission modal?

Sure, the "approved uses" would still need to be done at the site level, but the "how do I just decline all?" UX problem & enforcement of it would be a lot simpler and safer and easier on sites & users.

co founder of @metamask . Making computers behave for us.

The issue with DNT is that it's optional for sites to take it into account. We need a real constraint. And yes browsers should do this. But this is the heart of the web 1 and 2 economic model they all live by, so no one will take this risk. DNT was the furthest they were able to go.

This was kind of tried with the “Do Not Track” flag but advertisers don’t like listening to defaults.

“What if it didn’t suck?” - it’s supposed to suck. The point is to tax US tech but call it “privacy regulation” so that you don’t get US counter tax. Brussels doesn’t care about UX.