Duly Noted

Instead of having to click accept or reject on a cookie pop-up for every website you visit in Europe, the EU is preparing to enforce rules that will allow users to set their preferences for cookies at the browser level. “People can set their privacy preferences centrally — for example via the browser — and websites must respect them,” says the EU. “This will drastically simplify users’ online experience.”

Hear me out. What about just not tracking us at all.

_{Quote Citation: Tom Warren, “Europe’s cookie nightmare is crumbling | The Verge”, 2025-11-19, https://www.theverge.com/news/823788/europe-cookie-prompt-browser-changes-proposal}