Everyone’s taking potshots at Google’s dismissal of third-party cookies in favor of their own alternative to tracking user data, and Brave has been the latest of many to join the discourse.
So, cookies are going away and absolutely no one is displeased. Of the current forms of technology intent on siphoning personal user data and information (which are almost all of them), cookies are definitely the most upfront and annoying about doing so. They alert users to their presence via text-box messages that obscure the webpage, they intentionally attempt to misdirect users away from rejecting cookies by linking them away from the site at hand, and worst of all is the fact that regardless of what one rejects, some cookies are always on regardless. Is it ever specified what the consistently active cookies are stealing from users? Absolutely not, but it’s happening and you’d best be aware that it is. The worst cookie text-boxes to me are the ones that present no rejection options, but instead state that by continuing to use their associated web pages users are consenting to third-party cookie activity. First off, incredibly rude, and second off, if you’re so adamant on stealing user data regardless of what we do about it, just remove the stupid obstructive textbox. Genuinely, cookies are the worst thing on the internet since advertisements are becoming widespread across social media. And we haven’t even gotten to them, essentially stealing user information in the form of location...
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