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Yeah, but if you're not aware of this gotcha, the extension takes the choice away from you. It's good that the parent post highlighted this issue. I don't care

Yeah, but if you're not aware of this gotcha, the extension takes the choice away from you. It's good that the parent post highlighted this issue. I don't care a lot about cookies, but if a website is abusive enough that they need to ask for my permission, I prefer to deny it rather than give them a blanket approval (again: what I really care about is wasteful and overbearing JavaScript code that complements tracking via cookie... If I cannot object to that, at least let me object to cookies used for tracking) Again: you don't need permission for necessary cookies. The fact that the cookie prompt is annoying/difficult to parse and requires opt-out instead of opt-in is against the spirit (and possibly the letter) of the law. If our automation around the cookie prompt is accidentally giving an implicit consent, we ended up doing exactly what the people that push pervasive tracking wanted. We end up rewarding, instead of punishing, people who implemented dark patterns.

mustyoshi 4y ago
> I don't care a lot about cookies, but if a website is abusive enough that they need to ask for my permission How do you tell the difference? > Again: you don't need permission for necessary cookies. Usually it's better to ask forgiveness than permission, but I can understand sites wanting to play it safe and throw up a banner even if they only have "legal" cookies.
pessimizer 4y ago
The extension is far more useful if you block all cookies by default and whitelist the domains you allow to set them, like me. When you do that, every time you visit a site, sometimes even every time you load a page on a site, you get a cookie pop-up. They should pair it with a "yes, I am an adult" extension.
CephalopodMD 4y ago
I mean, it's kinda in the title of the extension. If you install this extension, it's very obvious that you're okay with cookies... If you wanted that choice, you wouldn't install the extension. I don't understand why this would be an issue.

mustyoshi 4y ago

> I don't care a lot about cookies, but if a website is abusive enough that they need to ask for my permission How do you tell the difference? > Again: you don't need permission for necessary cookies. Usually it's better to ask forgiveness than permission, but I can understand sites wanting to play it safe and throw up a banner even if they only have "legal" cookies.

pessimizer 4y ago

The extension is far more useful if you block all cookies by default and whitelist the domains you allow to set them, like me. When you do that, every time you visit a site, sometimes even every time you load a page on a site, you get a cookie pop-up. They should pair it with a "yes, I am an adult" extension.

CephalopodMD 4y ago

I mean, it's kinda in the title of the extension. If you install this extension, it's very obvious that you're okay with cookies... If you wanted that choice, you wouldn't install the extension. I don't understand why this would be an issue.