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		saagarjha on May 6, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: No cookie consent walls, scrolling isn’t consent, ... Can you ask them if they'd like to save their progress?

recursive on May 7, 2020 | [–]

Save it where? What if there's no budget for server infrastructre? Say... a hobby project.

kd5bjo on May 7, 2020 | | [–]

A query argument inside a URL that they can bookmark is one option.

saagarjha on May 7, 2020 | | [–]

Local storage?

recursive on May 7, 2020 | | [–]

I assume that whatever fate befalls cookies will happen to localStorage as well. But maybe not. localStorage is kind of better for this purpose in any case.

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