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Maybe the blocked content is just divine retribution for the abhorrent cookie consent buttons we all have to press 20 times a day now.

tester34 5y ago
Many sites show cookie consent when they don't have to. You don't have to show cookie consent when you use cookies purely for "technical stuff" - e.g cookie based authentication. >Operational cookies >There are some cookies that we have to include in order for certain web pages to function. For this reason, they do not require your consent. In particular: >authentication cookies >technical cookies required by certain IT systems https://ec.europa.eu/info/cookies_en https://ec.europa.eu/info/cookies_en
mbg721 5y ago
I've never even been to Europe, and I still get them. What are we Americans, chopped liver?
- alpaca128 5y ago
  Looks like sites "care about you" just as much as they do about Europeans.
zinekeller 5y ago
Maybe because everyone (According to Facebook anyway, which is very not true) there wants to track - GDPR ain't really about the cookies, it's about the mismatch of corporate America's desire to track versus Europe's desire to not get tracked. Heck, American companies are breaking American law, at least in California.
creshal 5y ago
Consent is only necessary for cookies that aren't in the interest of the user (session cookies, other cookies set to fulfil user requests). You only "have to" press these because a lot of websites decide they'd rather torture users with popups than stop tracking personal data.
kasbah 5y ago
I recommend the Consent-O-Matic browser extension and failing that, the "I don't care about cookies" browser extension. https://github.com/cavi-au/Consent-O-Matic https://github.com/cavi-au/Consent-O-Matic https://www.i-dont-care-about-cookies.eu/ https://www.i-dont-care-about-cookies.eu/
- gcthomas 5y ago
  ... only when paired with cookie browser settings switched to strict blocking.

tester34 5y ago

Many sites show cookie consent when they don't have to. You don't have to show cookie consent when you use cookies purely for "technical stuff" - e.g cookie based authentication. >Operational cookies >There are some cookies that we have to include in order for certain web pages to function. For this reason, they do not require your consent. In particular: >authentication cookies >technical cookies required by certain IT systems https://ec.europa.eu/info/cookies_en https://ec.europa.eu/info/cookies_en

mbg721 5y ago

I've never even been to Europe, and I still get them. What are we Americans, chopped liver?

alpaca128 5y ago
Looks like sites "care about you" just as much as they do about Europeans.

zinekeller 5y ago

Maybe because everyone (According to Facebook anyway, which is very not true) there wants to track - GDPR ain't really about the cookies, it's about the mismatch of corporate America's desire to track versus Europe's desire to not get tracked. Heck, American companies are breaking American law, at least in California.

creshal 5y ago

Consent is only necessary for cookies that aren't in the interest of the user (session cookies, other cookies set to fulfil user requests). You only "have to" press these because a lot of websites decide they'd rather torture users with popups than stop tracking personal data.

kasbah 5y ago

I recommend the Consent-O-Matic browser extension and failing that, the "I don't care about cookies" browser extension. https://github.com/cavi-au/Consent-O-Matic https://github.com/cavi-au/Consent-O-Matic https://www.i-dont-care-about-cookies.eu/ https://www.i-dont-care-about-cookies.eu/

gcthomas 5y ago
... only when paired with cookie browser settings switched to strict blocking.