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		kaba0 on Dec 15, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Making the Gov.uk front end typography scale more ... It’s really stupid to blame the EU over websites decision to add unnecessary banners.

switch007 on Dec 15, 2022 [–]

They’re doing it because they want explicit consent from visitors tired and fed up who just click “accept”, right?

Or is the annoying banner really absolutely required by legislation?

kaba0 on Dec 15, 2022 | [–]

If you only use functional cookies and not tracking ones then you are not required to have the users accept anything.

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