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		yakcyll on Nov 15, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Analysis of economic and productivity losses cause... The title originally claimed 575M hours spent every year by Europeans on cookie banners. That's 12 seconds on average a day per person. Hardly anything to complain about.

oasisaimlessly on Nov 15, 2024 [–]

An alternative interpretation:

"575M hours spent every year by Europeans" = 850 average human lifespans per year

Cookie banners in Europe have an effect vaguely comparable to "wasting" 850 human lives per year.

kalaksi on Nov 15, 2024 | [–]

You can use similar big scary numbers and words for a lot of much worse and more time consuming things.

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