My primary browser profile allows only whitelisted cookies. It also allows only whitelisted Javascript, so I don’t see the popups. If this breaks a site beyond usefulness, I seriously consider whether I really need that site (and if it falls into the <2% where the answer is “yes”, I either whitelist it or open it in the window for the other profile that functions on a blacklist basis).
That’s a lot more manual management than most people want to bother with, though.
Horrendous that this isn’t just a browser setting that can be applied universally. It’s 100% opt out every time.
Ublock Origin has that option!
Where?
Well, it could have been but just like
robot.txteveryone ignored the Do-not-track Header in HTTP requests.
tl;dr: “Reject All” will not break the site.
Also, technically there’s still a cookie after that:
The choice is recorded in a consent cookie
The article seems to ride on people’s anxiety about walls of text & choices presented by various cookie popups (not all of which even have a “Reject all” option) and IMHO isn’t quite clear enough that “Reject all” is the best option for 99% of use cases.
I generally reject all. Then check for those sneaky sites that keep “legitimate interest” cookies ticked. I really doubt their idea of legitimate and my idea of legitimate align in any way.
I have no idea how an ad servicing company I have never heard of could have a legitimate interest in my online activities.
They have an interest, but it isn’t in your best interest.
I didn’t read the article but I’m pretty sure reject is the right answer.
Not according to Cookie Monster! He accepts all cookies. Always.
It’s good enough for me.
Touché
I always accept a cookie in real life, so why would I turn it down online?
My browser autodeletes cookies, and blocks cookies popups. Though I have set exceptions for sites, I log in to.
I always wonder if accepting all + blocking 3rd party cookies through browser settings is a sensible choice. One is left with 1st party cookies and a few browser have mechanisms in place to avoid these to be read by non-originating websites…
