Kelly GuimontAug 31, 2023

Today in tilting at windmills:

There is no such thing as a "necessary" or "required" cookie. If I am logging in to a service that is not the same as loading a melonfarming page of your melonfarming site. Do not @ me I have been on the internet since before years started with a 2 and I am here to tell you we got along just fine before it was decided cookies were a necessity.

Show threadMarc ScheffelAug 31, 2023
@Verso it is just evil or lazy cookies that are bad. Some of remember 300 character URLs used to retain variables.
Show threadKelly Guimont
@mscheffel I am "us" in that sentence. Give me a URL where I can strip out all the extra tracking information every day and twice on Sunday instead of no way to reject your lazy web dev nonsense.
Aug 31, 2023 at 5:47pmIvory for iOS
Show threadscreambiogenesisAug 31, 2023

@Verso @mscheffel In case you don't know: Add-ons like Cookie AutoDelete are pretty much must-haves at this point. Cookies placed by a website are nuked as soon as you leave the site, unless you choose to keep them.

https://github.com/Cookie-AutoDelete/Cookie-AutoDelete

GitHub - Cookie-AutoDelete/Cookie-AutoDelete: Firefox and Chrome WebExtension that deletes cookies and other browsing site data as soon as the tab closes, domain changes, browser restarts, or a combination of those events.

Firefox and Chrome WebExtension that deletes cookies and other browsing site data as soon as the tab closes, domain changes, browser restarts, or a combination of those events. - Cookie-AutoDelete/...

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