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Ask HN: Can I kill the 'uses cookies' warning?

• chatmasta 8y ago
  Yeah it’s the worst. For reading articles I recommend outline.com and their chrome extension (no special permissions required!) Just click the button on the annoying page and it will generate a reader mode version for you. It also gets around paywalls. No affiliation, just really like the product. Also hoping they don’t get sued.
• kevinsimper 8y ago
  You could crowdsource it, or use machine learning to read the screen and look for buttons to click? heh
• pwg 8y ago
  Many of those silly warnings are inserted by Javascript code running on the page. Installing NoScript and by default blocking all Javascript blocks any of the 'we use cookies' warnings that are inserted by Javascript. I see very few of those warnings myself (NoScript in default deny all JS mode), beyond the ones that are hard-coded directly into the HTML page.
  • albumdropped 8y ago
    +1 Blocking JS makes the web a much better experience.
    • orcs 8y ago
      This is my experience, so not sure why the downvotes.
  • miguelrochefort 8y ago
    But then JavaScript doesn't work...
• konradb 8y ago
  This has made the web truly infuriating. It has got a lot worse since the GDPR introduction, it feels like every other site wants to greet you on arrival with some message you just want to bat away.
• taf2 8y ago
  Browser should just build this in and have it say - you agree to use cookies when browsing the internet so you can answer the question one time for the internet cause... yeah it’s a feature
  • quickthrower2 8y ago
    It's not the cookies but how they are used. You need to tell people how they are used. To give them a clear choice in managing their privacy.
• simon_acca 8y ago
  Yes you can, mostly: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/i-dont-care-about-cookies/fihnjjcciajhdojfnbdddfaoknhalnja https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/i-dont-care-about-...