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Show HN: A Chrome extension that will auto-reject non-essential cookies

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Re: Show HN: A Chrome extension that will auto-reject non-essential cookies

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Post by dddw »

hammock wrote: post #13
coldpie wrote: post #8

uBlock Origin already has this. Enable the "Cookie notices" and "Annoyances" filters in uBlock Origin's settings. Bonus pro-tip: Firefox for Android supports uBlock Origin, which means you can get rid of these godawful banners on mobile, too. Only iOS users are stuck having to put up with them.

How do I keep chrome from uninstalling ublock these days every time I restart?

Ublock-lite is there, but better switch to firefox or brave

Re: Show HN: A Chrome extension that will auto-reject non-essential cookies

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Post by lambdaba »

coldpie wrote: post #14
hammock wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How do I keep chrome from uninstalling ublock these days every time I restart?

Use a better browser: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/

I was back on Firefox for a few months, and it's noticeably slower and drains battery (on M2 Air).

Re: Show HN: A Chrome extension that will auto-reject non-essential cookies

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Post by noname120 »

lambdaba wrote: post #32
coldpie wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Use a better browser: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/

I was back on Firefox for a few months, and it's noticeably slower and drains battery (on M2 Air).

If Safari is OK you could move to Orion: https://kagi.com/orion/

Re: Show HN: A Chrome extension that will auto-reject non-essential cookies

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Post by toomuchtodo »

coldpie wrote: post #28
moebrowne wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hiding the popup is not the same as clicking reject. It should be but it's not.

You think these websites give a shit about your privacy because you clicked on a div with a "No" in it? Not a chance. It's like asking thieves to promise not to steal from you. Protecting users is the browser's job: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enhanced-tracking-prote... https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/introducing-total-cooki...

The act of indicating no is frictionless if automated through an extension, and if it turns out orgs are not respecting the action, it'll end up in a class action or other legal event eventually (assuming statute or other regulatory mechanisms exists on the topic). "Porque no los dos?" Strongly agree the browser should still aggressively act in the user's interest and protect them.

(privacy law and how it relates to customer user experience is a component of my work in finance)

Re: Show HN: A Chrome extension that will auto-reject non-essential cookies

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Post by ozcap »

hammock wrote: post #13
coldpie wrote: post #8

uBlock Origin already has this. Enable the "Cookie notices" and "Annoyances" filters in uBlock Origin's settings. Bonus pro-tip: Firefox for Android supports uBlock Origin, which means you can get rid of these godawful banners on mobile, too. Only iOS users are stuck having to put up with them.

How do I keep chrome from uninstalling ublock these days every time I restart?

You can still install the extension manually. This is a good video on how to do it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQX2lgePAKk

Re: Show HN: A Chrome extension that will auto-reject non-essential cookies

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Post by mitch292 »

cj wrote: post #19

I noticed you deleted the privacy policy in Github, and link to this one instead https://privacy.reject-cookies.bymitch.com/ The one you link to doesn't really make sense: > Data is collected on specific sites that the product is not working on. This data is sent explicitly by users and when it is collected we do not collect any information that could be tied to a specific user. Only the name of the site is collected…

Agree! Unfortunately, that one was rejected by chrome.

Re: Show HN: A Chrome extension that will auto-reject non-essential cookies

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Post by lambdaba »

noname120 wrote: post #34
lambdaba wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I was back on Firefox for a few months, and it's noticeably slower and drains battery (on M2 Air).

If Safari is OK you could move to Orion: https://kagi.com/orion/

I tried it briefly but I think it's semi-abandoned? Maybe I should give it another shot. Only non negociables for me are Stylish and Violentmonkey.

Re: Show HN: A Chrome extension that will auto-reject non-essential cookies

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Post by mitch292 »

rkagerer wrote: post #9

How it’s implemented: Vibe coding is the answer Sorry, you want me to give browser privileges to code written by AI?

This is 100% a fair point of view and you’re right to be skeptical. With the blog post I was just trying to convey that cursor + auto select model was not great at this task. It gave me a project structure, but besides that everything had to be refactored.
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