'Manage cookies' - can I stop it showing on every website?
'Manage cookies' - can I stop it showing on every website?
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Blackpuddin

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19,492 posts

235 months

Friday 20th August 2021
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Totally fed up of having to go through the 'manage or accept cookies' palaver on every bloody website I look at, even when it's a website I've already done it on ten minutes ago or a million times in the past.
Is there really no way of setting computers up so they automatically deny cookies without the user having to do anything?
Expecting a 'tough luck mate' answer.

mw88

1,457 posts

141 months

Friday 20th August 2021
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Big Pants

574 posts

171 months

Friday 20th August 2021
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The reason you're having to do it again when you denied them all ten minutes ago is because you rejected them.

Most cookies are pretty benign - changing the colours of links you have already clicked on in this forum, for instance, or allowing the owner of the website to see which articles are the most/least popular.

What's your objection to them?

Blackpuddin

Original Poster:

19,492 posts

235 months

Friday 20th August 2021
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mw88 said:
I do use Chrome! Will view this immediately, thanks.

Dashnine

1,714 posts

80 months

Friday 20th August 2021
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Big Pants said:
The reason you're having to do it again when you denied them all ten minutes ago is because you rejected them.

Most cookies are pretty benign - changing the colours of links you have already clicked on in this forum, for instance, or allowing the owner of the website to see which articles are the most/least popular.

What's your objection to them?
I think you've missed the point, it's each time you visit every different website (not returning to the same one). Nor does he object to the principle of cookies, it's the constant clicking OK, Accept, or whatever EVERY time you hit a new site.

Perhaps now we're out of the EU we can drop this rubbish (they brought it in, did they not?). Wow, a possible benefit of Brexit!

Blackpuddin

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19,492 posts

235 months

Friday 20th August 2021
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Dashnine said:
Big Pants said:
The reason you're having to do it again when you denied them all ten minutes ago is because you rejected them.

Most cookies are pretty benign - changing the colours of links you have already clicked on in this forum, for instance, or allowing the owner of the website to see which articles are the most/least popular.

What's your objection to them?
I think you've missed the point, it's each time you visit every different website (not returning to the same one). Nor does he object to the principle of cookies, it's the constant clicking OK, Accept, or whatever EVERY time you hit a new site.

Perhaps now we're out of the EU we can drop this rubbish (they brought it in, did they not?). Wow, a possible benefit of Brexit!
What he said! biggrin

Dashnine

1,714 posts

80 months

Friday 20th August 2021
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mw88 said:
As MS Edge is based on the Chrome engine, you can add it to Edge too. Other browsers are available, and may take it too.

Blackpuddin

Original Poster:

19,492 posts

235 months

Friday 20th August 2021
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Looking at the reviews on this and other cookie blocking apps it seems that they can bring their own problems?

Muppet007

451 posts

75 months

Friday 20th August 2021
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Does it block them? I thought it just accepted them all without the annoying popups.

130R

7,110 posts

236 months

Friday 20th August 2021
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Just use uBlock Origin with the EasyList Cookie filter checked. If you want to clear cookies regularly set your browser to delete all cookies and site data on close.

AJB88

15,894 posts

201 months

Friday 20th August 2021
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130R said:
Just use uBlock Origin with the EasyList Cookie filter checked. If you want to clear cookies regularly set your browser to delete all cookies and site data on close.
Didn't know Ublock had this, just turned it on, using Brave.

budgie smuggler

6,069 posts

189 months

Friday 20th August 2021
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Blackpuddin said:
Looking at the reviews on this and other cookie blocking apps it seems that they can bring their own problems?
Yes they can annoyingly.
I used one for ages, but it got to the point recently where it was breaking too many sites. For example a lot of local news sites would not show the 'cookie question' but instead get stuck with a black tint over the page that prevents you being able to scroll.

I wish there was a setting in the browser ... "always reject" that the sites could check before displaying the tedious message. "I'm not interesting in any mailing list" and "i never ever complete surveys or review websites" would be nice as well!

Cotty

42,252 posts

314 months

Friday 20th August 2021
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130R said:
Just use uBlock Origin with the EasyList Cookie filter checked. If you want to clear cookies regularly set your browser to delete all cookies and site data on close.
Cheers, I didn't know this, just switched it on

spitfire-ian

4,236 posts

258 months

Thursday 26th August 2021
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Blackpuddin

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19,492 posts

235 months

Thursday 26th August 2021
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spitfire-ian said:
Here's hoping, the guy is right in saying that most of these cookie popups are utterly pointless.