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I believe ublock origin blocks these via the annoyances filters, but just the popup element without setting the cookie. I haven't really looked into it.

bugtodiffer 2y ago
Yes of course without accepting the cookie. THis malicious compliance BS has to end. i won't do the 20 clicks I need to deselect legitimate interest everywhere... I'm just blocking your popup.
pbmonster 2y ago
It blocks some of them, usually the most basic. I also seem to remember that by not answering those prompts (and hiding them instead), you actually consent until you decline. It absolutely can't block the more advanced, sometimes multi-stage prompts Google, Youtube, and many newspapers use. Consent-o-Matic actually goes through those prompts and declines the maximum possible amount of tracking, while consenting to the necessary options required to make the site work.
- Elinvynia 2y ago
  That is false, you only consent by your explicit action - clicking "accept". If you inspect element and remove the consent popup entirely, you have not consented.
  - tcfhgj 2y ago
    At least this the legal requirement
  - nicbou 2y ago
    Exactly. Consent is opt-in, not opt-out. That's the law. If a website does not respect that, it probably won't respect your choices either, so you might as well block the cookie banner and all tracking scripts.
  - IanCal 2y ago
    It's not false. You are right that you haven't consented until you actively do so, but that's not the same thing as having the website work.
- nicbou 2y ago
  It blocks pretty much all of them for me. I almost never see a cookie banner, to the point I forget that they exist, just like YouTube ads. I sometimes forget how bad the unfiltered internet is.
agos 2y ago
Consent-O-Matic runs on recent Safari, while ublock unfortunately does not
- nottorp 2y ago
  That's Apple's fault though, for not offering an API that would support uBlock Origin.
leokennis 2y ago
The issue is that some sites will not work until you made a decision in the cookie pop-up. So then I have to reload the page without blocking, reject the cookies, and then reload the page with blocking... So for now I disabled the blocking of cookie pop-ups and I let C-O-M automatically reject cookies for me.
- account42 2y ago
  > The issue is that some sites will not work until you made a decision in the cookie pop-up. So then I have to reload the page without blocking, reject the cookies, and then reload the page with blocking... My solution in these cases is to leave the website in question and do something that doesn't involve getting abused.
  - orbisvicis 2y ago
    I've probably done the same thing subconsciously. Are there any well-known websites that behave like this? I'm curious what I've been missing out.
davidd_1004 2y ago
I think they have a specific list for cookie banners

bugtodiffer 2y ago

Yes of course without accepting the cookie. THis malicious compliance BS has to end. i won't do the 20 clicks I need to deselect legitimate interest everywhere... I'm just blocking your popup.

pbmonster 2y ago

It blocks some of them, usually the most basic. I also seem to remember that by not answering those prompts (and hiding them instead), you actually consent until you decline. It absolutely can't block the more advanced, sometimes multi-stage prompts Google, Youtube, and many newspapers use. Consent-o-Matic actually goes through those prompts and declines the maximum possible amount of tracking, while consenting to the necessary options required to make the site work.

Elinvynia 2y ago
That is false, you only consent by your explicit action - clicking "accept". If you inspect element and remove the consent popup entirely, you have not consented.
- tcfhgj 2y ago
  At least this the legal requirement
- nicbou 2y ago
  Exactly. Consent is opt-in, not opt-out. That's the law. If a website does not respect that, it probably won't respect your choices either, so you might as well block the cookie banner and all tracking scripts.
- IanCal 2y ago
  It's not false. You are right that you haven't consented until you actively do so, but that's not the same thing as having the website work.
nicbou 2y ago
It blocks pretty much all of them for me. I almost never see a cookie banner, to the point I forget that they exist, just like YouTube ads. I sometimes forget how bad the unfiltered internet is.

agos 2y ago

Consent-O-Matic runs on recent Safari, while ublock unfortunately does not

nottorp 2y ago
That's Apple's fault though, for not offering an API that would support uBlock Origin.

leokennis 2y ago

The issue is that some sites will not work until you made a decision in the cookie pop-up. So then I have to reload the page without blocking, reject the cookies, and then reload the page with blocking... So for now I disabled the blocking of cookie pop-ups and I let C-O-M automatically reject cookies for me.

account42 2y ago
> The issue is that some sites will not work until you made a decision in the cookie pop-up. So then I have to reload the page without blocking, reject the cookies, and then reload the page with blocking... My solution in these cases is to leave the website in question and do something that doesn't involve getting abused.
- orbisvicis 2y ago
  I've probably done the same thing subconsciously. Are there any well-known websites that behave like this? I'm curious what I've been missing out.

davidd_1004 2y ago

I think they have a specific list for cookie banners