Android @lemmy.world kniescherz @feddit.de 1 yr. ago

Best way to block Cookie banner?

Hey!

I would like to hear from you if you have a successful method to block the various cookie banners like:

small banners
full page banners with complicated structure
full page banners which say 'pay or accept'
bonus points for newsletter popups

I do use uBlock and PiHole. But when I used extensive lists which handled cookies, my experience was that most websites broke some kind or another.

So please share your successful ways with me :)

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I’m a very happy user of Consent-O-Matic, a browser extension developed by Aarhus University -> https://consentomatic.au.dk/
- This looks really promising. Not available on mobile though, but I will test on my desktop.
  
  There is a way to enable arbitrary add-ons to work on Firefox for Android, but you have to do a few extra steps: register a Firefox account, create a collection of extensions, then add that collection to your phone. I can tell you that Conset-o-Matic definitely works if you take this route.
  
  It's available in Iceraven.
  
  It works on my android Firefox nightly. 🤷‍♂️
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ublock origin has inbuilt filters you can turn on for cookie popups that work for almost every site I've been to I almost never see them anymore ublock origin is just all around great
- I think they're called "annoyances" filters
It's sad to see companies' malicious compliance working. They make it tedious so users get exasperated with it and just accept it.
- Well to be honest, even if each and every website wouldnt use dar patterns and there is a clear choice to refuse with one click, it would still be obnoxious to decline everytime you visit a site.
  
  "Required cookies" is already a category, under which a cookie could be placed to remember your choice. But that would be counter to their interests.
I set my browser to block all 3rd party cookies and then just click accept
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- don't use ghostery it's a honeypot owned by an ad/tracking company
I've been using this addon for some time, but I think the best way to get all of yours would be to use uBlock lists and then whitelist sites as needed when things break

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-CA/firefox/addon/i-dont-care-about-cookies/
- Thanks for the answer. If I remember correctly, this plugin works by accepting all cookies in the background. Is this correct?
  
  If so, do you also have some kind of cookie cleanup policy/plugin? Or do you really dont care about cookies?
  
  I think it does auto accept.
  
  I don't really have anything specific for cookies, just doing the basics with uBlock + Firefox + Firefox containers. I do keep my facebook/instagram/other problem-logins in separate containers, but that's about it. I saved this thread in case someone else has other suggestions :)

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