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The key insight for me was that persistence should be opt-in—when I want a website to remember me, I take action to express that—the opposite of the current nor
by aendruk 4y ago
The key insight for me was that persistence should be opt-in—when I want a website to remember me, I take action to express that—the opposite of the current norm.
I sometimes wonder whether Google was strategically preempting this paradigm when they mainstreamed ephemeral sessions under the framing of sneaky mode.
- hgsgm 4y agoThe vast majority of people find persistent sessions convenient. If you don't want cookies, you can turn them off for all sites (with exceptions) or for some sites.
- aendruk 4y agorejecting cookies ≠ giving them a short lifetime Cookies aren’t inherently bad. If a second party asks me to hold on to something while I’m actively engaged with it, that’s typically fine. At the end of the day, though, I’m deciding what to take home.