TRACKING: Only privacy-respecting essentials:
. Sliplane (European hosting) server logs
. No Google Analytics, no third-party trackers
What made you think there's tracking? I want to fix any privacy concerns immediately. This is a European digital sovereignty project & privacy is the whole point.
Can you share what triggered the concern? (Specific script/banner you saw?) Thanks for your help.
Clicking on "Customize" on the cookie consent banner reveals toggles for the following:
> Analytics Cookies
> Help us understand how visitors interact with our website. We use privacy-first analytics.
Tracking.
> Marketing Cookies
> Used to track visitors and show relevant advertisements.
Ads and more tracking.
> Preference Cookies
> Remember your preferences like language and theme settings.
Do these actually require separate consent, or can they be considered functional?
I would expect that a European digital sovereignty project in which privacy is the whole point would not have a cookie consent banner at all, because it would simply not use any non-functional cookies that would require it. I see the cookie banner as a sort of "mark of shame" that nefarious websites are forced to wear.
Also, I recall hearing that there were plans to make highlighting the "Accept All" button above the other options illegal, because it's a dark pattern that gets people to click the highlighted option more often.
Thank you for your persistence and pushback. Despite good intentions I fell into the boilerplate trap.
In the meantime I:
. removed the 'mark of shame' :)
. zeroed the cookies, only localstorage for umami analytics
. Simple opt-out in footer, no dark patterns, just 'learn more, opt-out'
. Updated the privacy policy to reflect this
Your feedback made this project better. Thank you :)
I understand the skepticism, but let me address this:
"LLM shovelware": The articles are curated from around 30 European news sources (TechCrunch Europe, Sifted, The Verge, etc.). AI is only used for:
1. Translation (EN→NL/DE/FR/ES/IT)
2. Pattern-based image generation
The curation, source selection, and quality filters are all manual.
"Self-promotion": Fair point on the account activity. I created this account specifically to share this project with HN because the community values European tech sovereignty and privacy.
Happy to answer specific questions about the implementation. The goal is NOT traffic farming, it's building a multilingual resource for European digital policy/startups.
