Komonews now apparently does this crap where it needs to “process” your cookie opt-out, at least on mobile.
Any alternative news sources you’d recommend to follow? Just for stuff like weather or big events.
If you’re unfamiliar with this tactic, when you click “opt-out” the webpage basically displays this widget with a loading bar saying it needs to “process” your request. When in reality you’re asking them to simply not use cookies, so it’s saving the web browser time by not installing any cookies.
Absolutely bullshit.
Engineer here who implements cookie scripts, cookie banners, etc.
1 or 2 seconds tops is how long it takes to wipe cookies that a site leaves behind. Half of that to ensure that future cookies aren’t generated.
I’ve seen some real shitty systems in my life. This is literally impossible to create a system that requires a long processing time accidentally.
This is active maliciousness to users.