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> Germany is a big reason GDPR got so complicated and why, hopefully soon, it will be updated to not be fixated on just cookies so much.

In what way is GDPR focused on cookies?

In my experience, developers in online discussions make it seem all about cookies, pretending other ways of tracking don't exist, while the law does not. But it has been a while since I looked into it and I might remember that wrong.

> There usually is no cookie screen when you install one usually (unless it's a web app packaged up as an app).

A lot of games provide opt-in screens, as they heavily rely on ad networks.

> If you read the actual law, it barely mention cookies at all

Now I am confused, didn't you just say it was focused on cookies?

by jillesvangurp47 minutes ago|

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No, I said a lot of people are mistakenly focusing on cookies when it comes to GDPR. Including the linked site which checks mainly cookie consent issues with a few websites under the GDPR topic.

by egorfine4 hours ago|

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> What was interesting is that we had zero such requests before that law came into power

Because these requests would be 100% ignored. And the law gave people the power they wanted.

I'm mentally and legally far from Germany and I'm not a big supporter of GDPR, but this law is indeed a step in the right direction.

by _nub32 hours ago|

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Actually Spain leaded on this and had strictest regulations before Germany regulated broader "Neuland" Cookies.

by exceptione2 hours ago|

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  > Germany is pretty hopelessly behind on everything except GDPR enforcement.

Are you sure? I see major outlets in Germany blatantly violating the GDPR by forcing visitors to pay with their privacy or pay with their money. That is not allowed. It is perfectly fine to have a paywall, but you can never have people pay with their privacy.

by jillesvangurp37 minutes ago|

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Are you sure they are in violation? Because it only takes one customer to trigger expensive lawsuits. And there are a lot of very eager and trigger happy lawyers in Germany specializing in that sort of thing. A lot of people make bad assumptions about what is and isn't legal/allowed and a lot of companies have gotten good at finding the grey area of stuff that probably won't get them into trouble.