Not sure how successful this will be, but it's always good to see someone kicking up a fuss about it. Apparently they're trying to block than just the visible p

Not sure how successful this will be, but it's always good to see someone kicking up a fuss about it. Apparently they're trying to block than just the visible parts ("where possible") so that's good. But you wouldn't know it from the headline, or even the prompt in the browser (screenshot in article) -- "block the banners" to me sounds like "hide the banners". The issue is that websites/businesses are doing things to users that the users do not want and do not ask for. We need legislation to target the unwanted behaviour more directly. Asking nicely isn't going to fix anything. Any 'cookie consent' style system will just be abused, worked around and cheated as the current one has. If you give an inch, they will take a mile. Every time.