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Yes, quite easily: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/i-dont-care-about-cookies/fihnjjcciajhdojfnbdddfaoknhalnja https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detai

Yes, quite easily: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/i-dont-care-about-cookies/fihnjjcciajhdojfnbdddfaoknhalnja https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/i-dont-care-about-...

the_pwner224 6y ago
That is the way, but there's no need to install an extension just for it. Just add the IDCAC filter list to uBlock Origin (uBO settings => Filter Lists => Import, at the very bottom): https://www.i-dont-care-about-cookies.eu/abp/ https://www.i-dont-care-about-cookies.eu/abp/ Also on that same page you can enable some of the 'Annoyances' filters. Just be aware that some of them block social media buttons (FB/Twitter like/follow embeds), which you may not want.
- nailer 6y ago
  Isn't uBlock Origin an extension?
  - ryankrage77 6y ago
    Yes, but uBlock and can do everything IDCAC can do, and more, so there's no point in having both installed.
    - nailer 6y ago
      Sure but what if you only care about cookie warnings and use site that are supported by ads?
      - Fiveplus 6y ago
        Tangential question, but I would love to know if a group of people who prefer ads but not cookie warnings exist? Do they rank supporting the website above minor inconvenience of pop-ups and advertisements? That's gotta be a unicorn in terms of internet users.
        Wowfunhappy 6y ago
        Uh, I'm in this group. I think that if I'm visiting a website and using its bandwidth, the website ought to get paid. If the ads are too egregious, then using the website isn't "worth the cost" and I go to a different website. I do however pay for Scroll[1], and I use Firefox's Enhanced Tracking Protection. Due to the latter, many websites think I'm using an adblocker and complain, which really irks me. --- 1: https://scroll.com/ https://scroll.com/
        namibj 6y ago
        You'd be surprised if you knew how indoctrinated teens get in terms of not blocking ads on their favorite youtuber's channel.
        renewiltord 6y ago
        I like ads. Instagram story interstitials are very enjoyable ads.
        literallycancer 6y ago
        You don't support the website by seeing ads. The only reason why anyone is paying for ads in the first place is because it affects the bottom line. So if you just see ads and don't buy the things they are pushing, the price that advertisers are willing to pay will decrease over time. Only when you make a purchase based on an ad are you supporting anyone. At that point you should just buy the better product and support the website by sending them money instead of buying a shitty product that has advertising priced in.
      - mmm_grayons 6y ago
        Whitelist the good sites? Given that the vast majority of sites run garbage and/or intrusive ads, auto-playing videos, etc. and I don't really care about supporting most of them, a blacklist-first approach makes sense and I just whitelist the very few on which I'll accept ads.
      - smichel17 6y ago
        Technically speaking, uBlock origin is not strictly an ad blocker. It is a general purpose content blocker; it will block whatever content is matched by its block lists; and it happens to ship with ad lists enabled by default. Of course, practically speaking it doesn't just "happen" to block ads; that's a major motivation for its development, and so we usually just refer to it as an ad blocker. To answer your question directly: if you want ads and no cookie popups, disable the ad lists and enable the cookie popup list. Yes, at that point you may as well just install the other addon, but the uBlock method preserves a key advantage: the ability to combine multiple cookie popup block lists. This is useful in case several people are making lists that cover different corners of the internet.
      - anoncake 6y ago
        Using sites that are infested by ads is the very reason to use an ad blocker.
        nailer 6y ago
        For some people. Others don't consider advertising to be evil.
      - shawnz 6y ago
        You'd still be better to use uBO since it's the more actively developed software.
        nailer 6y ago
        True, but IDCAC is more focused on cookies.
      - literallycancer 6y ago
        You can use sites that are supported by ads just fine with adblock. Why couldn't you?
        nailer 6y ago
        It blocks ads, so the sites can't produce content.
- darekkay 6y ago
  There's also an EasyList filter list just for cookie notifications: https://easylist-downloads.adblockplus.org/easylist-cookie.txt https://easylist-downloads.adblockplus.org/easylist-cookie.t...
- DavideNL 6y ago
  Not sure why, but unfortunately using that list in uBlock Origin (latest Firefox 77) does not produce the same result as using the "I don't care about cookies" extension; Example website for which blocking the cookie popup does not work with uBlock Origin: https://tweakers.net/ https://tweakers.net/
  - the_pwner224 6y ago
    I don't get any cookie popup on that website, without the IDCAC extension or filter list. I'm only using the opt-in 'Annoyances' filters in uBO.
    - DavideNL 6y ago
      That's odd; it appears they are using a different cookie 'popup' depending on the browser/OS...? I tested on Ubuntu and macOS with the latest Firefox (clean profile) and Chromium and i get the cookie popup/wall, even with ALL default uBO filter lists enabled, and also with the IDCAC list enabled in uBO. Screenshot: https://imgur.com/jcr4EuP https://imgur.com/jcr4EuP However i just tested with https://www.browserling.com/ https://www.browserling.com/ which uses Windows 7/Internet Explorer 11 and here i do not see the 'cookie popup/wall' but instead i see a blue 'cookie banner' (which is easier to block with uBO.)
      - the_pwner224 6y ago
        That's weird. I'm on Linux but enabled privacy.resistFingerprinting in about:config, which sets the user agent to a standard Windows one (same as Tor Browser iirc) and also brings over a bunch of other Tor Browser features. Only downside is it reduces timer precision which makes some games lag, so occasionally I have to turn it off for a bit.
        DavideNL 6y ago
        I figured it out... they are showing a different cookie banner/cookie wall depending on the origin country of your public ip :)
boudra 6y ago
Check out the homepage where you can find versions of the extension for other browsers: https://www.i-dont-care-about-cookies.eu/ https://www.i-dont-care-about-cookies.eu/
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londons_explore 6y ago
That chrome extension has quite a memory footprint and seems to slow everything down... Haven't debugged, but my browsing sessions have been a lot less laggy since I disabled it...
- ksaj 6y ago
  That's the reason I disable it and install Ghostery instead. uBlock Origin makes youtube videos stutter at about the 2 second mark on my Raspberry Pi 3's (I don't know about the rpi 4's because I remove uBlock and install Ghostery as a default nowadays) and also my laptop, which runs Windows instead of Linux (so it's not just an OS issue.) Ghostery doesn't have as many bells and whistles, but it does greatly minimize the main annoyances out there, and it doesn't slow anything down noticeably. It might all be a moot point by this time, since Youtube has changed how they load in such a way that it stutters no matter what because it is so busy downloading absolutely every item on a page all at one time instead of prioritizing the video stream like it did about a decade ago (back when you could pause a video and it would download fully even while not yet playing, thus avoiding the bottlenecks altogether...). Ironically that puts me back to pausing everything first just to give all the useless off-screen crap enough bandwidth to load without ruining the video experience. No matter how much faster technology gets, they find a way to make it more and more sluggish every time.
  - surround 6y ago
    Try disabling generic cosmetic filters in uBlock.
  - branon 6y ago
    Ghostery is the one which reports your browsing history to advertisers (by default/opt-out), and also shows advertisements of its own. Not recommended over uBO. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostery#Criticism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostery#Criticism
    - ksaj 6y ago
      I haven't seen any ads, except Twitter's sponsored posts. It is possible/probable I set the right setting back when. Since Youtube chokes anyway nowadays (I did manage to stave it off for a few years), I might as well go back to uBO.

Yes, quite easily: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/i-dont-care-about-cookies/fihnjjcciajhdojfnbdddfaoknhalnja https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/i-dont-care-about-...

the_pwner224 6y ago

That is the way, but there's no need to install an extension just for it. Just add the IDCAC filter list to uBlock Origin (uBO settings => Filter Lists => Import, at the very bottom): https://www.i-dont-care-about-cookies.eu/abp/ https://www.i-dont-care-about-cookies.eu/abp/ Also on that same page you can enable some of the 'Annoyances' filters. Just be aware that some of them block social media buttons (FB/Twitter like/follow embeds), which you may not want.

nailer 6y ago
Isn't uBlock Origin an extension?
- ryankrage77 6y ago
  Yes, but uBlock and can do everything IDCAC can do, and more, so there's no point in having both installed.
  - nailer 6y ago
    Sure but what if you only care about cookie warnings and use site that are supported by ads?
    - Fiveplus 6y ago
      Tangential question, but I would love to know if a group of people who prefer ads but not cookie warnings exist? Do they rank supporting the website above minor inconvenience of pop-ups and advertisements? That's gotta be a unicorn in terms of internet users.
      - Wowfunhappy 6y ago
        Uh, I'm in this group. I think that if I'm visiting a website and using its bandwidth, the website ought to get paid. If the ads are too egregious, then using the website isn't "worth the cost" and I go to a different website. I do however pay for Scroll[1], and I use Firefox's Enhanced Tracking Protection. Due to the latter, many websites think I'm using an adblocker and complain, which really irks me. --- 1: https://scroll.com/ https://scroll.com/
      - namibj 6y ago
        You'd be surprised if you knew how indoctrinated teens get in terms of not blocking ads on their favorite youtuber's channel.
      - renewiltord 6y ago
        I like ads. Instagram story interstitials are very enjoyable ads.
      - literallycancer 6y ago
        You don't support the website by seeing ads. The only reason why anyone is paying for ads in the first place is because it affects the bottom line. So if you just see ads and don't buy the things they are pushing, the price that advertisers are willing to pay will decrease over time. Only when you make a purchase based on an ad are you supporting anyone. At that point you should just buy the better product and support the website by sending them money instead of buying a shitty product that has advertising priced in.
    - mmm_grayons 6y ago
      Whitelist the good sites? Given that the vast majority of sites run garbage and/or intrusive ads, auto-playing videos, etc. and I don't really care about supporting most of them, a blacklist-first approach makes sense and I just whitelist the very few on which I'll accept ads.
    - smichel17 6y ago
      Technically speaking, uBlock origin is not strictly an ad blocker. It is a general purpose content blocker; it will block whatever content is matched by its block lists; and it happens to ship with ad lists enabled by default. Of course, practically speaking it doesn't just "happen" to block ads; that's a major motivation for its development, and so we usually just refer to it as an ad blocker. To answer your question directly: if you want ads and no cookie popups, disable the ad lists and enable the cookie popup list. Yes, at that point you may as well just install the other addon, but the uBlock method preserves a key advantage: the ability to combine multiple cookie popup block lists. This is useful in case several people are making lists that cover different corners of the internet.
    - anoncake 6y ago
      Using sites that are infested by ads is the very reason to use an ad blocker.
      - nailer 6y ago
        For some people. Others don't consider advertising to be evil.
    - shawnz 6y ago
      You'd still be better to use uBO since it's the more actively developed software.
      - nailer 6y ago
        True, but IDCAC is more focused on cookies.
    - literallycancer 6y ago
      You can use sites that are supported by ads just fine with adblock. Why couldn't you?
      - nailer 6y ago
        It blocks ads, so the sites can't produce content.
darekkay 6y ago
There's also an EasyList filter list just for cookie notifications: https://easylist-downloads.adblockplus.org/easylist-cookie.txt https://easylist-downloads.adblockplus.org/easylist-cookie.t...
DavideNL 6y ago
Not sure why, but unfortunately using that list in uBlock Origin (latest Firefox 77) does not produce the same result as using the "I don't care about cookies" extension; Example website for which blocking the cookie popup does not work with uBlock Origin: https://tweakers.net/ https://tweakers.net/
- the_pwner224 6y ago
  I don't get any cookie popup on that website, without the IDCAC extension or filter list. I'm only using the opt-in 'Annoyances' filters in uBO.
  - DavideNL 6y ago
    That's odd; it appears they are using a different cookie 'popup' depending on the browser/OS...? I tested on Ubuntu and macOS with the latest Firefox (clean profile) and Chromium and i get the cookie popup/wall, even with ALL default uBO filter lists enabled, and also with the IDCAC list enabled in uBO. Screenshot: https://imgur.com/jcr4EuP https://imgur.com/jcr4EuP However i just tested with https://www.browserling.com/ https://www.browserling.com/ which uses Windows 7/Internet Explorer 11 and here i do not see the 'cookie popup/wall' but instead i see a blue 'cookie banner' (which is easier to block with uBO.)
    - the_pwner224 6y ago
      That's weird. I'm on Linux but enabled privacy.resistFingerprinting in about:config, which sets the user agent to a standard Windows one (same as Tor Browser iirc) and also brings over a bunch of other Tor Browser features. Only downside is it reduces timer precision which makes some games lag, so occasionally I have to turn it off for a bit.
      - DavideNL 6y ago
        I figured it out... they are showing a different cookie banner/cookie wall depending on the origin country of your public ip :)

boudra 6y ago

Check out the homepage where you can find versions of the extension for other browsers: https://www.i-dont-care-about-cookies.eu/ https://www.i-dont-care-about-cookies.eu/

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londons_explore 6y ago

That chrome extension has quite a memory footprint and seems to slow everything down... Haven't debugged, but my browsing sessions have been a lot less laggy since I disabled it...

ksaj 6y ago
That's the reason I disable it and install Ghostery instead. uBlock Origin makes youtube videos stutter at about the 2 second mark on my Raspberry Pi 3's (I don't know about the rpi 4's because I remove uBlock and install Ghostery as a default nowadays) and also my laptop, which runs Windows instead of Linux (so it's not just an OS issue.) Ghostery doesn't have as many bells and whistles, but it does greatly minimize the main annoyances out there, and it doesn't slow anything down noticeably. It might all be a moot point by this time, since Youtube has changed how they load in such a way that it stutters no matter what because it is so busy downloading absolutely every item on a page all at one time instead of prioritizing the video stream like it did about a decade ago (back when you could pause a video and it would download fully even while not yet playing, thus avoiding the bottlenecks altogether...). Ironically that puts me back to pausing everything first just to give all the useless off-screen crap enough bandwidth to load without ruining the video experience. No matter how much faster technology gets, they find a way to make it more and more sluggish every time.
- surround 6y ago
  Try disabling generic cosmetic filters in uBlock.
- branon 6y ago
  Ghostery is the one which reports your browsing history to advertisers (by default/opt-out), and also shows advertisements of its own. Not recommended over uBO. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostery#Criticism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostery#Criticism
  - ksaj 6y ago
    I haven't seen any ads, except Twitter's sponsored posts. It is possible/probable I set the right setting back when. Since Youtube chokes anyway nowadays (I did manage to stave it off for a few years), I might as well go back to uBO.