Having to pay to reject cookies!
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I've come across that in recent days.
It's not necessary to pay. If you navigate the cookies dialog there's a way to Reject All and saving those preferences.
The Reject & Pay button is just there to try and coerce people into fees and subscriptions. It's a cheap trick, but that's online life these days.
It's not necessary to pay. If you navigate the cookies dialog there's a way to Reject All and saving those preferences.
The Reject & Pay button is just there to try and coerce people into fees and subscriptions. It's a cheap trick, but that's online life these days.
audi321 said:
Didn't I read something a while back that cookies were being banned or at least handled a different way? Sure it was a government thing or something?
They really are a bad thing and I don't know how we've got to where we are today after so many years of having www.
Google looked at banning them in the chrome browser… didn’t work as there are too many websites where they are needed…They really are a bad thing and I don't know how we've got to where we are today after so many years of having www.
cookies can have hugely beneficial purposes - we code with them a lot - sure you can add cookies to plug into advertising networks (which we don’t do) equally you can use them for other purposes which help the user
The cookie technology isn’t the issue - it is how it is used…
robscot said:
RSTurboPaul said:
Why would one want 1000+ tracking cookies creating a detailed profile of one's live and historic browsing habits for sale to advertisers?
You seem to do fine with Google - why are they ok?i dont get the big thing about rejecting cookies, i just accept them and once in a while delete them all.
The websites have to make money after all, and they can sometimes be useful, like remembering your preference etc.
All seems a bit tinfoil hat to me.
You do know you cant go outside with out being seen by a camera dont you?
The websites have to make money after all, and they can sometimes be useful, like remembering your preference etc.
All seems a bit tinfoil hat to me.
You do know you cant go outside with out being seen by a camera dont you?
richhead said:
i dont get the big thing about rejecting cookies, i just accept them and once in a while delete them all.
The websites have to make money after all, and they can sometimes be useful, like remembering your preference etc.
I agree. It’s more the inconvenience of having to click accept on every website you visit that’s annoying. The websites have to make money after all, and they can sometimes be useful, like remembering your preference etc.
So I installed a chrome extension that automatically accepts cookies which avoids this
richhead said:
i dont get the big thing about rejecting cookies, i just accept them and once in a while delete them all.
The websites have to make money after all, and they can sometimes be useful, like remembering your preference etc.
All seems a bit tinfoil hat to me.
You do know you cant go outside with out being seen by a camera dont you?
But some cookies are useful.The websites have to make money after all, and they can sometimes be useful, like remembering your preference etc.
All seems a bit tinfoil hat to me.
You do know you cant go outside with out being seen by a camera dont you?
I just use incognito mode when delving into the gutter press and anyone else who wants to dump tracking cookies on my computer. Saves having to selectively delete the ones I don't want as they just go when I close the browser.
You can use 'containers' to isolate cookies into groups of sites, so you don't get tracked all over the place. I use the multi-account containers extension in Firefox.
I have all my e-shopping sites in a 'shopping' container, social media sites in a 'social media' container etc. etc. , so the cookies are only visible to sites within the container.
Not perfect but easy to use (you do a quick config the first time you access a site) and helps stop tracking quite a bit. Helps to clear the cookies on a regular basis too.
I have all my e-shopping sites in a 'shopping' container, social media sites in a 'social media' container etc. etc. , so the cookies are only visible to sites within the container.
Not perfect but easy to use (you do a quick config the first time you access a site) and helps stop tracking quite a bit. Helps to clear the cookies on a regular basis too.
richhead said:
i dont get the big thing about rejecting cookies, i just accept them and once in a while delete them all.
The websites have to make money after all, and they can sometimes be useful, like remembering your preference etc.
All seems a bit tinfoil hat to me.
You do know you cant go outside with out being seen by a camera dont you?
No you can't, bloody ring cameras everywhere nowadaysThe websites have to make money after all, and they can sometimes be useful, like remembering your preference etc.
All seems a bit tinfoil hat to me.
You do know you cant go outside with out being seen by a camera dont you?
Mr-B said:
richhead said:
i dont get the big thing about rejecting cookies, i just accept them and once in a while delete them all.
The websites have to make money after all, and they can sometimes be useful, like remembering your preference etc.
All seems a bit tinfoil hat to me.
You do know you cant go outside with out being seen by a camera dont you?
No you can't, bloody ring cameras everywhere nowadaysThe websites have to make money after all, and they can sometimes be useful, like remembering your preference etc.
All seems a bit tinfoil hat to me.
You do know you cant go outside with out being seen by a camera dont you?
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