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    They're doing evil, we all agree, but it's not SE's fault if people click without reading. They use no dark pattern, and the "accept all" button is just besides the "necessary only" one and they're highlighted in the same way. Commented Dec 20, 2023 at 10:13
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    Thanks to GDPR, the world is now divided between the "accept all" cookie monster people who are getting tracked by everyone and their mother, and the people who try to minimize the amount of cookies, manually delete & use blockers. The former just have to deal with it. The root problem is that crappy legislation allows user tracking for questionable purposes in the first place. Commented Dec 20, 2023 at 12:44
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    @FedericoPoloni It's absolutely SE's "fault". If you know that people don't actively make choices about cookies, you can't hide behind some wording about "opted-in" users. Commented Dec 21, 2023 at 12:20
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    @FedericoPoloni I think that the issue goes beyond the simple "not reading". I assume that Steve was pointing out that the default state is OPT-IN, while in a pure metaphorical fully ethical scenario one would prefer to be opted-out by default and have to act to be opted-in. This is why the ones "opted-in" are strictly speaking just "never opted-out" users: the rhetoric is all around the fact that the "opted-in" user never acted to be opted in, while the words "opted-in" imply some form of action. Steve, please correct me if I got your intended message wrong. Commented Jan 4, 2024 at 8:48
  • @SPArcheon Thanks for the clarification: this is a great point: if the rules were changed after users opted in, then they did not consent to this new form of tracking (and especially in GDPR-land this has legal implications). I agree with you that this is correct and an important point. I suggest OP to edit the post to make this specific issue clearer. Commented Jan 4, 2024 at 8:58
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    @FedericoPoloni I am actually trying to check what is the default state for the "tracking cookies" option for a newly registered user. Apparently unregistered users have those disabled by default, but as you can see some comments here seems to imply it is by default allowed for registered users instead. I don't remember the original setting since I already edited my preferences long ago. Commented Jan 4, 2024 at 9:04
  • @FedericoPoloni Quite confident now that users are by default opted-out unless they don't manually opt-in so that part of the issue should be solved at least. That said you did point out something I didn't think about. The extend of tracking performed changing after the initial consent was given would indeed be ground for a request to confirm your settings. Commented Jan 4, 2024 at 9:26