Show HN: Ninja Cookie – Get rid of cookie popups/warnings/banners
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Re: Show HN: Ninja Cookie – Get rid of cookie popups/warnings/banners
#2Maybe someday this can be added to browsers, and the browsers can advertise the users’s preference to the server. Maybe even have a special request header for it. We could call it “Do-Not-Track”. A value of “1” would opt-out of all tracking (cookies).
Re: Show HN: Ninja Cookie – Get rid of cookie popups/warnings/banners
#3So you're FAQ says "Therefore, we will be offering our premium version in just a few weeks.", so why not wait till then before launching?
Re: Show HN: Ninja Cookie – Get rid of cookie popups/warnings/banners
#4Maybe someday this can be added to browsers, and the browsers can advertise the users’s preference to the server. Maybe even have a special request header for it. We could call it “Do-Not-Track”. A value of “1” would opt-out of all tracking (cookies).
These modals being everywhere is 100% a failure of lawmakers being technically inept (again) and being vague with execution. Did EU lawmakers not have anyone providing them advice when writing GDPR?
Re: Show HN: Ninja Cookie – Get rid of cookie popups/warnings/banners
#5If the author is reading, this page appears in English for me but Add to Firefox button links to French language page. My locale is en-GB.
Re: Show HN: Ninja Cookie – Get rid of cookie popups/warnings/banners
#6Maybe someday this can be added to browsers, and the browsers can advertise the users’s preference to the server. Maybe even have a special request header for it. We could call it “Do-Not-Track”. A value of “1” would opt-out of all tracking (cookies).
These modals being everywhere is 100% a failure of lawmakers being technically inept (again) and being vague with execution. Did EU lawmakers not have anyone providing them advice when writing GDPR?
I almost wonder if there was some lobbying done pro-banner because it probably results in higher engagement (I'm guessing most people click accept blindly) versus disabling cookies.
I'm sure Google likes the current state better than if they had to change their browser to encourage folks to disable cookies.
Re: Show HN: Ninja Cookie – Get rid of cookie popups/warnings/banners
#7Maybe someday this can be added to browsers, and the browsers can advertise the users’s preference to the server. Maybe even have a special request header for it. We could call it “Do-Not-Track”. A value of “1” would opt-out of all tracking (cookies).
I turned on the anti-cookie alert option in ublock.
Re: Show HN: Ninja Cookie – Get rid of cookie popups/warnings/banners
#8According to their FAQ, their approach is remarkably different from the popular I Don't Care About Cookies:
Some current extensions promise navigation, but without a cookie banner. However, Ninja Cookie removes cookie banners by refusing the use of advertising or tracking cookies. This is not the case with current extensions. For example:
I Don’t Care About Cookies: this is regularly described as the Internet user’s indispensable extension. But in fact, I Don’t Care About Cookies removes cookie banners by allowing the use of all cookies. At Ninja Cookie we understand that your online browsing privacy is important. Nous considérons donc que l’approche de I Don’t Care About Cookies n’est pas la bonne.
Interesting, I'm giving it a try, thanks for your work!
Re: Show HN: Ninja Cookie – Get rid of cookie popups/warnings/banners
#9Maybe someday this can be added to browsers, and the browsers can advertise the users’s preference to the server. Maybe even have a special request header for it. We could call it “Do-Not-Track”. A value of “1” would opt-out of all tracking (cookies).
Great from a user perspective - but wouldn't this mean the end of online advertising? I imagine conversion tracking, or even sending requests to external servers wouldn't be okay with this setting.
Re: Show HN: Ninja Cookie – Get rid of cookie popups/warnings/banners
#10So you're FAQ says "Therefore, we will be offering our premium version in just a few weeks.", so why not wait till then before launching?
Hello!
Why should we wait if the free features are ready? It's much better to start testing right now :)