The Cookie Banner Saga

Back in November 2009, when I was a young 21-year-old studying linguistics at university - full of dreams and hopes about the upcoming winter exam period and the future, thinking about girls and stuff - the EU Parliament, Council, and Commission were busy introducing amendments to the ePrivacy Directive that would go on to ruin the internet forever:

Can’t recommend this case study enough.

A great cri de coeur from Kate Klonick on abolishing cookie banners.