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I'm pissed off. At how privacy is handled by most sites. Should we consider banning, or flagging, websites on Hacker News submissions that offer a particularly

I'm pissed off. At how privacy is handled by most sites. Should we consider banning, or flagging, websites on Hacker News submissions that offer a particularly painful, evil, approach to privacy? This is what you get from the evil folks that run Atlas Obscura's website: > Atlas Obscura and our trusted partners use technology such as cookies on our website to personalise ads, support social media features, and analyse our traffic. Please click below to consent to the use of this technology while browsing our site. To learn more or withdraw consent, please visit our cookie policy. > Accept "cookie policy" is a link, and from there, good luck trying to figure out how to NEGATE consent. Fuck this. Really.

mistrial9 6y ago
I support the cause, but the execution here is flawed. I have done professional museum work, creative writing 'zine illustration, and other cultural arts to try to make a living. This site and the people who publish it are not the ones to excoriate, or YNews the place to dramatically vent your own frustrations. Please adjust accordingly
- simonebrunozzi 6y ago
  Thanks for your comment. Reading mine today (a day after I wrote it), I can see why it sounded harsher than it should have been.
HDMI_Cable 6y ago
At this point, I've just found it easier to block cookies and JS unless specifically needed. You get around all of these cookie warnings that shouldn't be there to begin with.
literallycancer 6y ago
Just block the consent dialog with the ublock element picker, they can't legally collect anything until you accept, that's why they make them so annoying.
jtsiskin 6y ago
I think it’s a pretty big stretch to call them “evil”. You can block cookies if you want. But wanting analytics on your site or ad revenue from your publications isn’t exactly “evil”
numpad0 6y ago
The cookie consent popup is for awareness only.

mistrial9 6y ago

I support the cause, but the execution here is flawed. I have done professional museum work, creative writing 'zine illustration, and other cultural arts to try to make a living. This site and the people who publish it are not the ones to excoriate, or YNews the place to dramatically vent your own frustrations. Please adjust accordingly

simonebrunozzi 6y ago
Thanks for your comment. Reading mine today (a day after I wrote it), I can see why it sounded harsher than it should have been.

HDMI_Cable 6y ago

At this point, I've just found it easier to block cookies and JS unless specifically needed. You get around all of these cookie warnings that shouldn't be there to begin with.

literallycancer 6y ago

Just block the consent dialog with the ublock element picker, they can't legally collect anything until you accept, that's why they make them so annoying.

jtsiskin 6y ago

I think it’s a pretty big stretch to call them “evil”. You can block cookies if you want. But wanting analytics on your site or ad revenue from your publications isn’t exactly “evil”

numpad0 6y ago

The cookie consent popup is for awareness only.