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People want their browser to take away their choices? You don't need to switch browsers for that, I'm sure there are extensions on FF or Chrome that do the same
by triceratops 4y ago
People want their browser to take away their choices? You don't need to switch browsers for that, I'm sure there are extensions on FF or Chrome that do the same thing.
- cpsns 4y agoThere are, I use one that does this for FF. Fewer choices maybe, but I don’t want to be inundated with these kinds of popups on every site. If the site can function with fewer cookies it should simply do so by default.
- triceratops 4y agoSo instead we just block cookie banners and let them assume consent by default?
- denton-scratch 4y agoYes. Block the banners; let them assume what they like; and discard cookies automatically.
- cpsns 4y agoI mean you can do as you want, but I find the extra clutter and visual noise of these banners infuriating. Block them or don’t block them, it should be up to the user.
- triceratops 4y agoYes choosing a browser to take away my choice is also a choice. Not one I would make, but to each their own, I guess.
- alanbernstein 4y agoIs this a serious question? At the beginning of the web era, popup ad windows were a horrible scourge. That problem was solved, and there was peace for many years. Now the websites themselves produce the popups. Nobody likes popup distractions. Cookie banners are just one example.
- triceratops 4y agoI don't like popups either. Every modern web browser already blocks them. This is just about cookie banners. They may be annoying but they let me withdraw consent to cookies.
- alanbernstein 4y agoEvery modern browser does not already block them. Cookie banners are popups. Email signup prompts are popups. Requests to allow notifications are popups. Etc.
- triceratops 4y agoI was talking about popup windows. You can block websites from asking for notification permissions. Cookie banners and email signup prompts are part of the page. I don't consider them popups.
- alanbernstein 4y agoYou can consider whatever you like, they are still "things that pop up" that most people simply don't want.