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Geez, that site's cookie consent pop-up is several phone screens long, listing all manners of trackers..
by bellyfullofbac 6y ago
Geez, that site's cookie consent pop-up is several phone screens long, listing all manners of trackers..
- winkelwagen 6y agoExactly, I couldn’t even find a way to turn it off. Anyone could figure it out? Edit, apparently Forbes doesn’t think mobile Safari on a modern mid screen device is important enough to make sure the option bar on the bottom renders ok. The buttons were hidden by their mobile view. Excellent dark pattern forbes!
- Charon77 6y agoThere's a browser extension, if you truly don't care https://www.i-dont-care-about-cookies.eu/ https://www.i-dont-care-about-cookies.eu/
- akalsz 6y agoDisabling JavaScript should work.
- smitty1e 6y ago"What is this 'JavaScript' of which you speak?" asked Lynx.
- antihero 6y agoUsing Firebox and uBlock origin and didn't see any prompts.
- Brian_K_White 6y agoSame here and me neither. And that is pretty interesting... An article that says don't use Chrome, was difficult to read in Chrome.
- bellyfullofbac 6y agoIt did the same on Chrome (well, Bromite) on Android. Some "clever" web dev must've thought of it.
- neogodless 6y agoForbes is one of those sites I've seen been anti-ad-blocker, and I haven't visited it in a couple years because it was just more hassle than it's worth. And yet, this page opened right up for me with no issue or pop-ups. Firefox + uBlock Origin on Windows.