Hey!
I would like to hear from you if you have a successful method to block the various cookie banners like:
- small banners
- full page banners with complicated structure
- full page banners which say 'pay or accept'
- bonus points for newsletter popups
I do use uBlock and PiHole. But when I used extensive lists which handled cookies, my experience was that most websites broke some kind or another.
So please share your successful ways with me :)
16 Comments
1c5473@lemmy.ml · 17 pts · 2y
I’m a very happy user of Consent-O-Matic, a browser extension developed by Aarhus University -> https://consentomatic.au.dk/
kniescherz@feddit.de · 5 pts · 2y
This looks really promising. Not available on mobile though, but I will test on my desktop.
TurboLag@lemmings.world · 9 pts · 2y
There is a way to enable arbitrary add-ons to work on Firefox for Android, but you have to do a few extra steps: register a Firefox account, create a collection of extensions, then add that collection to your phone. I can tell you that Conset-o-Matic definitely works if you take this route.
kniescherz@feddit.de · 3 pts · 2y
Sweet!
xigoi@lemmy.sdf.org · 2 pts · 2y
It's available in Iceraven.
cliffmode3000@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 2y
It works on my android Firefox nightly. 🤷♂️
skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl · 1 pts · 2y
phuntis@sopuli.xyz · 13 pts · 2y
ublock origin has inbuilt filters you can turn on for cookie popups that work for almost every site I've been to I almost never see them anymore ublock origin is just all around great
PeachMan@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y
I think they're called "annoyances" filters
ech@lemm.ee · 6 pts · 2y
It's sad to see companies' malicious compliance working. They make it tedious so users get exasperated with it and just accept it.
kniescherz@feddit.de · 2 pts · 2y
Well to be honest, even if each and every website wouldnt use dar patterns and there is a clear choice to refuse with one click, it would still be obnoxious to decline everytime you visit a site.
ech@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 2y
"Required cookies" is already a category, under which a cookie could be placed to remember your choice. But that would be counter to their interests.
cumcum69@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
I set my browser to block all 3rd party cookies and then just click accept
ohmyiv@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 2y
phuntis@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 2y
don't use ghostery it's a honeypot owned by an ad/tracking company
otter@lemmy.ca · -6 pts · 2y
I've been using this addon for some time, but I think the best way to get all of yours would be to use uBlock lists and then whitelist sites as needed when things break
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-CA/firefox/addon/i-dont-care-about-cookies/
kniescherz@feddit.de · 5 pts · 2y
Thanks for the answer. If I remember correctly, this plugin works by accepting all cookies in the background. Is this correct?
If so, do you also have some kind of cookie cleanup policy/plugin? Or do you really dont care about cookies?
otter@lemmy.ca · 0 pts · 2y
I think it does auto accept.
I don't really have anything specific for cookies, just doing the basics with uBlock + Firefox + Firefox containers. I do keep my facebook/instagram/other problem-logins in separate containers, but that's about it. I saved this thread in case someone else has other suggestions :)