Do you navigate away from webpages that have tedious ‘cookie’ pop-ups?

[Nitefly]

As per thread title.

I do. They are getting sneakier. Sometimes, even if you opt out, there are still a bunch of legitimate interest options selected. Other times, they hit you with a list of 800 ‘vendors’ to deselect.

I end up just not using websites that do this. I’m aware that browser plug-ins that auto-object to cookies can mine other data (including info from emails accessed via the browser) so I generally have no interest in using those.

Of course, pre-GDPR it’s been the case that you’re bombarded by cookies without knowing.

… I suppose the only sane way to navigate the internet is to accept all cookies and clear them every so often / after every browsing session!

Does anyone else find navigating the web increasingly pesky for these reasons?

 

[pepp77]

Nope, I just click accept cookies and carry on 99% of the time.

 

[Christmas themed thank]

AdGuard

 

[ALD]

uBlock Origin and enable annoyance filters.

 

[tonys]

Yes, if I have to go though a lot of rigmarole to just view an article

 

[Scort]

I use "I don't care about cookies" and "I still don't care about cookies" in Firefox.

 

[Stu999]

Very rarely. I don't think most people care about ad trackers and if they do they would take other measures to stop them. Hopefully they'll go away with the revised Data Protection Act. #BrexitBenefit

 

[Pho]

I also just tend to use I still don't care about cookies (the original version is called I don't Care about Cookies but Avast bought it so people forked it way from the Avast version)

It's a massive mess. It really should have been a per-site browser settings with defined defaults from day one. E.g., you go to website, your browser tells it my preference is "never track" or "essential only" and you never have to see a popup.

 

[Nasher]

I use an add-on to block most of them.

 

[The_Arbiter]

OC is a fine example of cookie intrusion. Click personlise, then personalise, then what? Where's the okay button!?

 

[[FnG]magnolia]

uBlock Origin and enable annoyance filters.

I didn't know uBlock could do this. Thank you

 

[ianh]

I'd also consider "Ghostery" as well as a 'belt and braces' alongside uBlock Origin with anything which may escape one being got by the other. Just remember that uBlock has a settings page where you can enable even more blocks which aren't pre-selected at install and you definitely want all of those extra ones ticked.

 

[MatsyLR]

what are ads and popups?

 

[rypt]

Nope, I just click accept cookies and carry on 99% of the time.

This - this whole EU Cookie warning thing annoys me.

 

[randal]

Yep.

It's made me realise how little I care about the article I clicked on in the first place.

 

[darael]

I'd also consider "Ghostery" as well as a 'belt and braces' alongside uBlock Origin with anything which may escape one being got by the other. Just remember that uBlock has a settings page where you can enable even more blocks which aren't pre-selected at install and you definitely want all of those extra ones ticked.

I've used uBlock Origin and Ghostery for some time now. I keep most lists ticked, however I get issues with YouTube cookies being deleted if I select certain lists, so I keep those unticked. I don't use YouTube signed in, so rely on YouTube's cookies for my viewing recommendations.

 

[Coolasmoo]

I usually back out of them if they are intrusive.

Like when you want to reject them and you get bombarded with options on who and why.

 

[pepp77]

I have to add, the majority of the time I get cookie pop ups is on my iphone and ipad that have no adblocker or other plugins. On my PCs I use uBlock Origin and very rarely see cookie popups.

 

[mrochester]

I have to add, the majority of the time I get cookie pop ups is on my iphone and ipad that have no adblocker or other plugins. On my PCs I use uBlock Origin and very rarely see cookie popups.

I don’t know how you could tolerate that. I use adblockers everywhere.

 

[pepp77]

I don’t know how you could tolerate that. I use adblockers everywhere.

its annoying, but I've never found anything that works with Chrome on iOS and I'm not using Safari.