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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 unti
by 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 agoThat 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 agoAt least this the legal requirement
- nicbou 2y agoExactly. 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 agoIt'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 agoIt 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.