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Hmm. I'm not sure I can follow.

The browser not being able to distinguish between essential and non-essential cookies does not change the fact that cookies are and were entirely voluntary.

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Right, but there's no reason to think the legislators didn't know that, because their goal was not to prevent the use of all cookies.

They thought that sites would stop using tracking cookies. But most sites use google analytics.

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