• Opisek@piefed.blahaj.zone
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    3 days ago

    Apart from keeping you logged in, like the other commenter mentioned, cookies can for example be used to save the theme you are using (light/dark) or the language you picked. It would be annoying to have to reselect that every time you move to a different subpage.

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      3 days ago

      Your browser passes theme and language recommendations to every site you visit. So outside of passwords, there are fewer reasons for cookies than you may presume.

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        3 days ago

        They’re only recommendations. You should still respect the user’s choice if they choose something else, which is usually done via cookies.