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I have to ask, do people really click on these things? I have never once clicked on a cookie banner. I mostly leave them alone neither accepting nor denying. In

I have to ask, do people really click on these things? I have never once clicked on a cookie banner. I mostly leave them alone neither accepting nor denying. In most cases I read the page using Reader mode, so other than seeing them flash in at the bottom for a second, I don't even see them. When a page doesn't work in Reader mode, I still ignore it and don't interact with it, even when it takes up half the page. If I'm prohibited from viewing the page without it and Reader view doesn't work, I hit the back button and leave the page. Who is clicking on these things and accepting them? Can anyone share their acceptance rate? I'm seriously curious how many people accept them and why. I've almost never had any bad consequence of ignoring them other than poor website design, which is usually a given even without them.

jlokier 5y ago
On my phone I use a browser, Firefox Focus, that wipes all saved state every time it's used. That means no cookies and the banners are always there fresh. I didn't pick it specifically out of concern for tracking. I just tried it and found it nice to use, and it gives a little more peace of mind, so I made it the default So like you, I browse with the banners because they are always there anyway and there's no point clicking them. If a big one is in the way, I'm reluctant to take the easy route and pseudo-"agree" even knowing that all local state is wiped when I finish reading that page. Just because the insidious trackers might take it as pseudo-"consent" to use other tracking techniques that go beyond browser state. But who am I kidding. Such trackers are unlikely to respect the law or the stated intentions of people browsing anyway.