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I often think that instead of completely blocking cookies, it would be better to accept them and then throw them away. Same with localStorage. Just store it temporarily.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/cookie-autode...
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I totally understand your point and I think I agree, except—well, the setting says “disable cookies”. It should do what it says. If the goal is to disable all persistent information, the setting should be called “disable persistent storage”. Of course, I also know why it’s not called that: a lot of people know what cookies are at this point, at least relative to the number who'd understand “persistent storage”. A tog…
They could call it "disable cookies and other persistent storage (more information)" with more information providing their reasoning why they are bundled in plain English. There is no reason the setting has to have a two word name with no description.
I often think that instead of completely blocking cookies, it would be better to accept them and then throw them away. Same with localStorage. Just store it temporarily.
That's basically incognito/private browsing mode.
> All I am using is some innocent localStorage and IndexedDB to persist user settings like the values of the sliders or the chosen color scheme. When you turn off cookies you're telling the browser not to let sites persist information. Otherwise, whatever goals you had in disabling cookies would just be worked around through these other technologies.
I totally understand your point and I think I agree, except—well, the setting says “disable cookies”. It should do what it says. If the goal is to disable all persistent information, the setting should be called “disable persistent storage”. Of course, I also know why it’s not called that: a lot of people know what cookies are at this point, at least relative to the number who'd understand “persistent storage”. A tog…
Block all cookies (not recommended)
- Sites can't use cookies to improve your browsing experience, for example, to keep you signed in or to remember items in your shopping cart
- Sites can't use your cookies to see your browsing activity across different sites, for example, to personalize ads
- Features on many sites may not work
That seems long enough that they could put in text about how this is storage in general and not just cookies.
Firefox just has "Cookies: All cookies (will cause websites to break)" so there's not really a place for that sort of text.
I often think that instead of completely blocking cookies, it would be better to accept them and then throw them away. Same with localStorage. Just store it temporarily.
I naively assumed from the headline that the author would complain about users blocking cookies. I was very pleasantly surprised to see a post written by someone who appreciates that some users will want to do this and is actively working to support delivering them a useful content experience!
I assumed the same thing and was indeed happy when it turned out to be the better thing.
I often think that instead of completely blocking cookies, it would be better to accept them and then throw them away. Same with localStorage. Just store it temporarily.
I’ve been using Cookie AutoDelete for that purpose for the last few years. It works flawlessly for me and brings me comfort in knowing that I am only being tracked online by my browser fingerprint and IP. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/cookie-autode...