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Ask HN: How do we stop the cookie dialogs?
I can’t be the only one who finds the cookie consent dialogs rediculous. Has anything good come from them? I find them as annoying as pop up ads were back in the day. So my question is, how can we stop this? I’m not talking about browser plugins, I want to get rid of these things for everyone.
- porbelm 8y agoPetition your EU lawmakers.
- tsukikage 8y ago...but what if I don't want the popups or the ubiquitous surveillance?
- wartijn_ 8y agoPetition your EU lawmakers and make your browser reject cookies from all sites that are not on your whitelist. I used to do that and it worked pretty well, but now it's impossible thanks to those dialogs. Blocking third party cookies still works, since it only breaks a small portion of the websites I visit. Blocking cookies won't really stop the surveillance by the way. It stops only one way of tracking you.
- potta_coffee 8y agoI use an a blocker and create rules for them. I know it's futile but I get some pleasure by blocking the dialog rather than responding to it in the manner they're demanding. I only really visit a few sites very often so it's not a problem for me to do this.
- hopesthoughts 8y agoThere's an extension that will do it. Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/i-dont-care-about-cookies/fihnjjcciajhdojfnbdddfaoknhalnja https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/i-dont-care-about-... Firefox, (I use this in Waterfox as well,) https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/i-dont-care-about-cookies/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/i-dont-care-a...
- cimmanom 8y agoThey’re not going anywhere unless and until case law or changes in law make it clear that they’re not necessary for GDPR (and similar statute) compliance.
- thedevindevops 8y agoTurn off javascript
- Rjevski 8y agoWe stop them when we no longer needs cookies and the market demands privacy-respecting services. I personally stopped visiting a lot of sites that have them. For example, I no longer even consider clicking on Tumblr links or anything by the cancer company called "Oath" (ex Yahoo). When enough people do this there will be a business incentive for less cookies & tracking.