Oh the hilarious irony. Can anyone recommend an up to date Firefox addon that gets rid of these fucking popups, automatically declining all but necessary? I’ve looked at a few but I remember folks here recommending some that I can’t now for the life if me remember what they were. Thanks!

  • Jackcooper@lemmy.worldEnglish
    20·
    8 months ago

    Why is it that even when you refuse necessary cookies the site still seems to be 100% functional

    • zeluko@kbin.social
      21·
      8 months ago

      You shouldnt be actually able to refuse necessary cookies as the site needs to function even if you click ‘decline all’ by law.
      If a site does break, report it to the supervisory authority of your country.
      If you are in the US… hahahahah.

      • clb92@feddit.dkEnglish
        1·
        8 months ago

        Why report if a site breaks? It’s not illegal to have a broken website, as long as it still respects your choice.

        • zeluko@kbin.social
          1·
          7 months ago

          The site is not really allowed to bother you with the cookie popup either.
          If you clicked whatever, the site has to make sure your choice is kept for a reasonable time.
          Asking again can be seen as trying to force you to allow more cookies, just so the popup doesnt appear again.
          That choice wouldnt be freely given and thus not valid as thats required by the regulation.

  • Hellfire103@lemmy.caEnglish
    15·
    8 months ago

    I use I still don’t care about cookies, which blocks the banners; and NoScript, which blocks JavaScript and other crap that would bring up the popup in the first place.

    I may stop using IDCAC, however, as some other comments have shown me that I can just use an annoyances blocklist in uBO instead. The fewer extensions I have, the less fingerprintable I am, or so I’m told.

    • N0x0n@lemmy.mlEnglish
      2·
      8 months ago

      Also “I still don’t care about cookies” will automatically accept cookies It can’t reject.

      When it’s needed for the website to work properly, it will automatically accept the cookie policy for you (sometimes it will accept all and sometimes only necessary cookie categories, depending on what’s easier to do).

      Better use uBO and if It can’t block the cookie banner for some reason, that site is not worth your time and effort !

      • Hellfire103@lemmy.caEnglish
        2·
        7 months ago

        The popular ones, yes, but most of what I’m looking for would still work in Dillo, though it would look a little janky in that particular browser.

        For everything else, I selectively unblock certain domains. If I trust the site, I make this persistent. If I don’t, this is temporary and Librewolf clears any cookies, settings, caches, or tokens that the site may have given me when I close the window.

  • somnuz@lemm.eeEnglish
    4·
    8 months ago

    For me, this is what works best now:

    LibreWolf with:

    • uBlock Origin

    • CanvasBlocker

    • raindrop.io — not as an extension but a pinned tab, mostly for convenience to keep my saved websites and articles in one place, if anyone knows anything better, or more useful, or open source, let me know

    • peregus@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      7 months ago

      + raindrop.io — not as an extension but a pinned tab, mostly for convenience to keep my saved websites and articles in one place, if anyone knows anything better, or more useful, or open source, let me know

      If you’re a selfhoster, try Wallabag (open source)

      • somnuz@lemm.eeEnglish
        2·
        7 months ago

        Yeah, I’ve started searching for options and now I am thinking about it, there is LinkAce too…

    • Tolstoy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      25·
      8 months ago

      Avast bought it.

      There is “I still don’t care about cookies” which is a fork of the original or use any other plugins mentioned.