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Why not use Cookie AutoDelete? Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/cookie-autodelete/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/cookie

Why not use Cookie AutoDelete? Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/cookie-autodelete/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/cookie-autode... Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/cookie-autodelete/fhcgjolkccmbidfldomjliifgaodjagh?hl=en https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/cookie-autodelete/...

luckylion 6y ago
That's what's doing it: you'll effectively get to Youtube without a cookie and be harassed. It's a strange thing. It's so annoying that I've essentially given up Youtube. I don't care enough about the videos that I want to Login and whitelist (and have a profile recorded) the site, and this makes the experience bad. Ergo YT is fading from my life. Can't say that I miss it all that much after a few days, it has been a habit more so than something I actively enjoy.
- Mindless2112 6y ago
  Okay, I thought "without cookies" was referring to having cookies disabled. I use Cookie AutoDelete and YouTube doesn't give me any problems for discarding its cookies. But maybe one of the uBlock Origin annoyance filter lists I use is taking care of the nag screen.
- sneak 6y ago
  I’m making a dedicated Google account/browser profile for YT this week as I prepare to delete my main, ten+ year old Google account. It’s the last/only thing I actually need Google cookies for (outside of work/gsuite which is a different machine entirely).
usr1106 6y ago
I use Cookie AutoDelete (I use only Firefox, but that is irrelevant in this context.) Deleting all cookies (one could also use white^Hallow lists) works 98% fine. The problem is local storage. Pages can store the same (and more) information as in cookies in local storage. There is no add-on API to manipulate local storage. At the moment only an estimated 2% of all web sites use local storage to store tracking information. But if cookies get widely ignored/deleted, I am sure that will change.
- afwe 6y ago
  I share your concern, but CAD has claimed to be able to wipe localStorage, IndexedDB and Service Workers for some time (a few months?). Check the settings screen of CAD and see for yourself.
- throwaway2048 6y ago
  Cookie autodelete can also delete LocalStorage, at least on firefox. https://imgur.com/cPDJW3v.png https://imgur.com/cPDJW3v.png
- usr1106 6y ago
  I stand corrected, there is some support. It is not container-aware and no allow lists are possible. Everything gets deleted. Probably because of these limitations it's off by default. I seemed to have remembered some older arguments in this discussion: https://github.com/Cookie-AutoDelete/Cookie-AutoDelete/issues/44 https://github.com/Cookie-AutoDelete/Cookie-AutoDelete/issue...
  - throwaway2048 6y ago
    everything gets deleted when you first enable it, its still site specific afterwards https://imgur.com/vmnozjV.png https://imgur.com/vmnozjV.png

luckylion 6y ago

That's what's doing it: you'll effectively get to Youtube without a cookie and be harassed. It's a strange thing. It's so annoying that I've essentially given up Youtube. I don't care enough about the videos that I want to Login and whitelist (and have a profile recorded) the site, and this makes the experience bad. Ergo YT is fading from my life. Can't say that I miss it all that much after a few days, it has been a habit more so than something I actively enjoy.

Mindless2112 6y ago
Okay, I thought "without cookies" was referring to having cookies disabled. I use Cookie AutoDelete and YouTube doesn't give me any problems for discarding its cookies. But maybe one of the uBlock Origin annoyance filter lists I use is taking care of the nag screen.
sneak 6y ago
I’m making a dedicated Google account/browser profile for YT this week as I prepare to delete my main, ten+ year old Google account. It’s the last/only thing I actually need Google cookies for (outside of work/gsuite which is a different machine entirely).

usr1106 6y ago

I use Cookie AutoDelete (I use only Firefox, but that is irrelevant in this context.) Deleting all cookies (one could also use white^Hallow lists) works 98% fine. The problem is local storage. Pages can store the same (and more) information as in cookies in local storage. There is no add-on API to manipulate local storage. At the moment only an estimated 2% of all web sites use local storage to store tracking information. But if cookies get widely ignored/deleted, I am sure that will change.

afwe 6y ago
I share your concern, but CAD has claimed to be able to wipe localStorage, IndexedDB and Service Workers for some time (a few months?). Check the settings screen of CAD and see for yourself.
throwaway2048 6y ago
Cookie autodelete can also delete LocalStorage, at least on firefox. https://imgur.com/cPDJW3v.png https://imgur.com/cPDJW3v.png
usr1106 6y ago
I stand corrected, there is some support. It is not container-aware and no allow lists are possible. Everything gets deleted. Probably because of these limitations it's off by default. I seemed to have remembered some older arguments in this discussion: https://github.com/Cookie-AutoDelete/Cookie-AutoDelete/issues/44 https://github.com/Cookie-AutoDelete/Cookie-AutoDelete/issue...
- throwaway2048 6y ago
  everything gets deleted when you first enable it, its still site specific afterwards https://imgur.com/vmnozjV.png https://imgur.com/vmnozjV.png