Out of interest, and having been shown the now all-too-common "Consent to use cookies or you can't view our site" I had a look at just a few of the cookies.
Under "Required Cookies" for which they say "These cookies are required to enable core site functionality" is included (among many, many others) this:
Company Domain
Google Inc.
ad.doubleclick.net,
ad-emea.doubleclick.net,
doubleclick.net,
googleads.g.doubleclick.net,
google-analytics.com,
www.google-analytics.com
So they are claiming that these cookies are literally essential for the operation of the site. This seems a serious abuse of language.
While it's been frustrating, it's been very enlightening to me to see how these large commercial sites are so deeply intertwungle with just so many other organisations.
I'm an old fart, the internet has moved on, but I do genuinely long for simpler days. Alas, the world has moved on.
Under "Required Cookies" for which they say "These cookies are required to enable core site functionality" is included (among many, many others) this:
Company Domain
So they are claiming that these cookies are literally essential for the operation of the site. This seems a serious abuse of language.While it's been frustrating, it's been very enlightening to me to see how these large commercial sites are so deeply intertwungle with just so many other organisations.
I'm an old fart, the internet has moved on, but I do genuinely long for simpler days. Alas, the world has moved on.