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grumpyduck

(6,672 posts) Tue Nov 30, 2021, 12:20 PM Nov 2021

I am so sick of all these website cookies. [View all]

Seems you can't get on a web site anymore without a "cookie policy" notice. Don't want cookies? You can't get in.

When I want cookies, I go buy some and have them with coffee. In the meantime, my browsers are set up to delete cookies and other bullshit every time I close, and I go thru them manually now and then anyway.

I don't give a rat's ass about "your" cookie policies, assholes. "Better online experience" is flat-out bullshit. My policy is, it's my computer and I don't want your fucking cookies.

So you can shove your cookies up your rear ends.

Whew. Sorry, but that felt good.

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I am so sick of all these website cookies. [View all] grumpyduck Nov 2021 OP

Interesting. You say "it's my computer," MineralMan Nov 2021 #1

I see your point, grumpyduck Nov 2021 #2

Yes, indeed, that is what's going on. MineralMan Nov 2021 #3

"If you're going to use someone else's computer, you're going to have to do what they require... " grumpyduck Nov 2021 #4

Yes, of course. MineralMan Nov 2021 #6

They want your information so they can sell it MiniMe Nov 2021 #12

Yes. That's part of their business model. MineralMan Nov 2021 #14

Exactly. Don't want to pay for service? DO WITHOUT. Hortensis Nov 2021 #25

I just ran across this site. Mosby Nov 2021 #5

Sure. Were you surprised? MineralMan Nov 2021 #7

Most of their data is derived from public records and not cookies LeftInTX Nov 2021 #11

Yeah, I know all that. Mosby Nov 2021 #28

You can stop using the Internet and the problem goes away USALiberal Nov 2021 #17

Browsers such as Chrome can be set to "delete all cookies" each time you close the ap FakeNoose Nov 2021 #8

Sometimes I'm able to access entire articles Mme. Defarge Nov 2021 #9

uBlock Origin takes care of a lot of nonsense. hunter Nov 2021 #10

This is a EU policy that was started in 2021 LeftInTX Nov 2021 #13

"EU requires all sites that have cookies, to require consent." grumpyduck Nov 2021 #16

Wild, wild west Dave says Nov 2021 #30

Add me to your list of signatories DFW Nov 2021 #15

cookies have been around for decades. they are not a new thing. as posted above the EU has a msongs Nov 2021 #18

Yes they have grumpyduck Nov 2021 #19

There are two issues here: the existence of cookies and the consent to them... brooklynite Nov 2021 #20

Okay, so in the EU, if someone doesn't consent, grumpyduck Nov 2021 #22

That's dependent on the website. brooklynite Nov 2021 #23

Existed for over a decade? Try since 1994 at Netscape. Torchlight Nov 2021 #29

I find it far more annoying to deal with all of these popups nagging me... Silent3 Nov 2021 #21

Somebody mentioned uBlock Origin up there, Emrys Nov 2021 #24

FireFox w/NoScript, uBlock, DuckDuckGo's Privacy Essentials & EFF's Badger cuts all ads/tracking out TheBlackAdder Nov 2021 #26

DuckDuckGo WarGamer Nov 2021 #27

Cookie Bro is a browser add-on canetoad Nov 2021 #31