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Re: Block cookie banners on Firefox

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Post by ben_w »

gear54rus wrote: post #14
graphe wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Disable JavaScript works to block most problems or reader mode.

along with most of functionality, yeah, no

I find that most useful websites work well without JS, and the exceptions can be whitelisted.

I don't know for how long this will remain true, given the number of web developers whose talks are how to optimise fifty bajillion layers of abstraction so that they can load the JS needed for a form button click before anything else… instead of just using what's built directly into the pre-JS HTML standard.

*old man shakes fist as The Cloud*

Re: Block cookie banners on Firefox

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Post by ploxiln »

benrutter wrote: post #17

Given browser headers have existed for a long time, does anyone know why there isn't some protocol of your browser saying "give me all the cookies", "give me only essential cookies" or "give me all cookies except trackibgbones" etc? Instead if tedious and manual banners on every website? I get why companies might not want this (less cookie acceptance) but they didn't want cookies to require consent either and the EU…

This protocol is not needed. The browser can discard third party cookies, I configured it to do so for years (but more recently switched back to an ad-blocker instead, blacklist also works fine in practice). Most things will work just like you expect, a few website sign-in flows will break ... honestly a better outcome than obnoxious cookie banners and popups on every website though.

Re: Block cookie banners on Firefox

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Post by KennyBlanken »

benrutter wrote: post #17

Given browser headers have existed for a long time, does anyone know why there isn't some protocol of your browser saying "give me all the cookies", "give me only essential cookies" or "give me all cookies except trackibgbones" etc? Instead if tedious and manual banners on every website? I get why companies might not want this (less cookie acceptance) but they didn't want cookies to require consent either and the EU…

Because the banners were not necessary (companies could just, you know, not set all those tracking cookies!)

They were a petulant response to EU legislation, like a little child told to clean his room who goes around stomping their feet, sighting very loudly, slamming drawers, and doing the bare minimum they think will satisfy what they were told to do (ie everything just gets shoved into closet shelves and drawers) etc.

The point of the banners are to annoy the shit out of everyone in hopes that we'll pressure elected officials to pass some legislation they write up that undoes the privacy protections.

"See? See what that legislation your silly elected officials made us do? Isn't it annoying? We told you...but we wrote up some new legislation, you should tell them to pass it."

The nice side benefit is that they're extra annoying to people who have cookies blocked entirely, or dumping cookies after each browser quit, etc.

Re: Block cookie banners on Firefox

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Post by ceejayoz »

wnevets wrote: post #21

The EU forcing this garbage is one of the worst things to happen to the web.

The EU didn't actually force cookie banners; they're not the only route to GDPR compliance. The other routes - like only using necessary cookies - were just unacceptable to ad/tracking companies.

Re: Block cookie banners on Firefox

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Post by everdrive »

gear54rus wrote: post #14
graphe wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Disable JavaScript works to block most problems or reader mode.

along with most of functionality, yeah, no

Unfortunately, modern website functionality is totally inseparable from all the things which make modern websites terrible. Losing functionality is the best solution here, as it trains you not to rely on unnecessarily complicate web apps.

Re: Block cookie banners on Firefox

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Post by geraldwhen »

echelon wrote: post #19
relyks wrote: post #2

Funny, I use the "I still don't care about cookies" extension ( https://github.com/OhMyGuus/I-Still-Dont-Care-About-Cookies ) right now to automatically accept the cookie banners. They're literally one of the most annoying things that has happened in the web's history

It's funny we (EU, CCPA?) regulate cookies and hit use cases of companies trying to better themselves via analytics or maintain user presence, but we haven't done much in the way of stopping MAGMA from owning the means of communication and commerce outright. The Apple/Google duopoly on smartphones is insane. - Companies face 30% tax, can't deploy, can't do native (Apple) or get scare walls (Google), can't form a cust…

SMS doesn’t work. It’s not just an issue of “green bubbles”.

Texts don’t get sent. Group messages don’t work. Images can’t be sent. Videos can’t be sent. You can’t send on WiFi.

It sucks.

Re: Block cookie banners on Firefox

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Post by marginalia_nu »

eatbitseveryday wrote: post #16

How can this work "for German users"? Why is this not a "for a Firefox user"? I am German - how do I know this is enabled for me? I do not live in Germany.

Firefox periodically dials home and reconfigures itself based on the arbitrary whims of Mozilla. It's really kind of disgusting.

Re: Block cookie banners on Firefox

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Post by rawling »

eatbitseveryday wrote: post #16

How can this work "for German users"? Why is this not a "for a Firefox user"? I am German - how do I know this is enabled for me? I do not live in Germany.

The article itself doesn't say that.

> The cookie banner blocker is available starting from Firefox version 120, and it's automatically enabled for users in Germany browsing in Private Browsing Mode.

> ...

> Enable: By default, it's on in private windows for users in Germany.

> ...

> Why Germany and private browsing mode?

> Our initial launch in Germany and private browsing mode has specific reasons:

> - Private browsing mode displays cookie banners repeatedly, making this feature especially useful. Germany, as a part of the European Union, is a prominent market where cookie banners are noticeable due to GDPR.

> - We plan to gather insights from this launch before potentially expanding the feature to a broader audience.

Re: Block cookie banners on Firefox

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Post by emersion »

To show the setting to enable this feature outside of Germany, go to about:config and flip cookiebanners.ui.desktop.enabled. Then a "Cookie Banner Blocker" section should appear in the Firefox settings.

It seems like cookiebanners.service.mode=1 might enable it outside of private browsing.

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