Where did all the “reject” buttons come from?
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Re: Where did all the “reject” buttons come from?
#2I wish cookie settings were part of the browser (e.g. I want to reject all marketing cookies but not essential ones), have a way in JS/HTTP to indicate the type of the cookie, and never see those cookie popups again.
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#3I wish cookie settings were part of the browser (e.g. I want to reject all marketing cookies but not essential ones), have a way in JS/HTTP to indicate the type of the cookie, and never see those cookie popups again.
Just be able to block the popups would be enough, block third parties, whitelist your auth provider that’s almost the only legitimate use of third party cookies and call it a day.
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#4The EU cookie legislation was a mistake made by tech-illiterate bureaucrats that ruined the Web to a large degree. It's something that could've been built in to the browser. I have a hard time understanding why one would dedicate their time to this.
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#5I wish cookie settings were part of the browser (e.g. I want to reject all marketing cookies but not essential ones), have a way in JS/HTTP to indicate the type of the cookie, and never see those cookie popups again.
It's not just cookies, it affects all client-side storage that can be used to track people. This means that this kind of API would also be needed for localStorage etc. This is where it things will get complicated.
I don't know if it exists, but it would probably be a good thing to have aria labels for those common buttons on these popups. It would benefit a11y and pave the way for a better automatic approve/reject by the browser (or some plugins). I think it won't end up in a disaster like the DNT header.
There are (at least) two problems with this approach: it requires that the banners actually use these labels (which they might not want to) and if it requires some kind of browser support, the largest browser vendor is also in the tracking business.
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#7I've set my browser to delete cookies at close. You can accept all cookies without problem, and after lunch everything is forgotten.
A few websites that I go to often get special treatment (Hacker News!), because I'm to lazy to press ok each time.
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#8The EU cookie legislation was a mistake made by tech-illiterate bureaucrats that ruined the Web to a large degree. It's something that could've been built in to the browser. I have a hard time understanding why one would dedicate their time to this.
Because otherwise a business would be violating a law if they serve European customers?
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I’m extremely grateful to this person. The number of high profile organisations with blatantly and boldly anti-user cookie popups was disgraceful, but at this point I almost believe it’s my fault for expecting better.
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#10Just remove cookie banners unless you’re using an ad network (this includes keeping them if you’re using google products). Users want to use your website rather than look it through a porthole, understand that websites remember you, and cookie banners are killing the web in favour of closed app stores.