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		mfontani on Feb 11, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What Do You Agree to When You Accept All Cookies Not clicking "yes" would work if most sites weren't, in fact, sending all tracking/setting all cookies by default, which most are :/

Nextgrid on Feb 11, 2021 [–]

At least it doesn't give them a legal basis for doing so, while clicking "yes" does.

In practice, the real defense is a good ad blocker which would block both the consent prompt and the associated trackers.

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