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Back in the early days, browsers used to prompt you for every cookie: https://i.imgur.com/FThIFHe.png https://i.imgur.com/FThIFHe.png

• volkk 8y ago
  i don't think i ever saw that. which browser?
  • rhn_mk1 8y ago
    Maemo's Web used to do that if I recall correctly.
  • ben174 8y ago
    I believe early versions of Internet Explorer did iirc. Maybe it was netscape.
  • majewsky 8y ago
    Konqueror did that when I used it in 2007-2010. I don't remember if it was the default behavior, but I had it configured by default. These days I just block all third-party cookies, which solves most of the problem.
  • SilasX 8y ago
    It was pretty common! Check out this Onion parody (from 2002), which refers to a website prompting you to accept cookies: >"She goes apeshit whenever a pop-up window comes up. And one time, she paged me because she got a message about accepting cookies. She was all freaked out because now she thought she was being charged for actual cookies." https://local.theonion.com/getting-mom-onto-internet-a-sisyphean-ordeal-1819566480 https://local.theonion.com/getting-mom-onto-internet-a-sisyp...
    • volkk 8y ago
      wow this is amazing. clearly this lady was ahead of her time typing cheesecake into the "address bar" and expecting search results.
  • tedunangst 8y ago
    lynx still does that.
  • morningmoon 8y ago
    Older versions of Internet Explorer did it (3 or 5 can’t recall) Konquerer, Netscape, and lynx too if I recall correctly.
• albertgoeswoof 8y ago
  When trying to view this I got a full page opt out (not gdpr complaint) dark patten based dialogue obscuring the entire page. The irony