# I am the Watcher. I am your guide through this vast new twtiverse.
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# Usage:
#     https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/users              View list of users and latest twt date.
#     https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/twt                View all twts.
#     https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/mentions?uri=:uri  View all mentions for uri.
#     https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/conv/:hash         View all twts for a conversation subject.
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#     offset  Start index for quey.
#     limit   Count of items to return (going back in time).
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I dunno about anyone else, but I'm really getting quite sick and tired of seeing these "Cookie Banner" / "Cookie Popup" thingies everywhere šŸ¤¦ā€ā™‚ļø It's becoming quite annoying and obnoxious šŸ˜” Was this the intention of the GDPR or have we misunderstood the point entirely?! šŸ¤”

I dunno about anyone else, but I'm really getting quite sick and tired of seeing these "Cookie Banner" / "Cookie Popup" thingies everywhere šŸ¤¦ā€ā™‚ļø It's becoming quite annoying and obnoxious šŸ˜” Was this the intention of the GDPR or have we misunderstood the point entirely?! šŸ¤”

@prologic One of the cancers of the internet, along with Captchas etc IMO
@prologic have you tried those extensions to auto accept Essential cookies?
I don't, but I'm intrigued šŸ¤”
Those pop-ups are just a malicious compliance IMO
@prologic If you ask me, this kind of was the point. Inform users about what happens to their data. We now see the ā€œfullā€ extent of it (or at least a larger part). Annoying and *long* popups everywhere ā€“ because there are so many parties involved, advertising, tracking, some just serving JS or fonts, ā€¦ This simply exposes the current WWW for what it is.

Most websites that need these large disclaimers are doing something wrong and shouldnā€™t be used.

The sad thing is: Nobody cares.

If every website with a large annoying cookie popup had lost their users, things might have turned out differently. But nope. People donā€™t care. They donā€™t want to be ā€œinformedā€. They just want the content.
@prologic If you ask me, this kind of was the point. Inform users about what happens to their data. We now see the ā€œfullā€ extent of it (or at least a larger part). Annoying and *long* popups everywhere ā€“ because there are so many parties involved, advertising, tracking, some just serving JS or fonts, ā€¦ This simply exposes the current WWW for what it is.

Most websites that need these large disclaimers are doing something wrong and shouldnā€™t be used.

The sad thing is: Nobody cares.

If every website with a large annoying cookie popup had lost their users, things might have turned out differently. But nope. People donā€™t care. They donā€™t want to be ā€œinformedā€. They just want the content.
@prologic If you ask me, this kind of was the point. Inform users about what happens to their data. We now see the ā€œfullā€ extent of it (or at least a larger part). Annoying and *long* popups everywhere ā€“ because there are so many parties involved, advertising, tracking, some just serving JS or fonts, ā€¦ This simply exposes the current WWW for what it is.

Most websites that need these large disclaimers are doing something wrong and shouldnā€™t be used.

The sad thing is: Nobody cares.

If every website with a large annoying cookie popup had lost their users, things might have turned out differently. But nope. People donā€™t care. They donā€™t want to be ā€œinformedā€. They just want the content.
Nicely said @movq All this is doing is showing how trash the web is.

Although, I think the problem also stems from web browsers not doing enough to sandbox domains. A huge benefit of web and the web browser, is that you can go to untrusted websites, and not have it compromise/track/monitor/leak info to other sites/app on your device.

Third party cookies should never have been a thing.