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iOS 27.3 Has a 'Don't Sell My Data' Switch. Will Websites Respect It?
DEV · By Serghei Pogor ·
The Brief
- iOS 27.3 adds a 'Don't Sell My Data' switch, according to the article headline.
- The article asks whether websites will respect the new switch.
- The source excerpt notes that cookie banners are a recurring problem for web teams.
Why it matters
Developers building websites may need to consider how their sites handle a user's Don't Sell My Data preference on iOS 27.3, though the source excerpt does not give implementation details.
Who’s affected
- Web developers whose visitors use iOS 27.3
Every website I've worked on in the last few years had the same meeting at some point. Someone asks, "Do we need the cookie banner?" Someone else says, "Legal says yes." Then we spend a week making a popup that every visitor closes as fast as they can. So when I read that Apple…