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Over the last few weeks I have noticed a behaviour in myself.

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  • Mike Taylor ๐Ÿฆ•M Mike Taylor ๐Ÿฆ•

    Over the last few weeks I have noticed a behaviour in myself.

    If I follow a link and I get a "We care about your privacy" popup, I click the "Reject all" button and read the article.

    But if there is no "Reject all" button, just a link to a complicated set of preferences, I simply close the window and never see what the article had to say.

    I wonder how many others do this.

    And how many web-sites are losing A LOT of their traffic for this reason.

    โ€”
    UPDATE: see replies, lots of people do this!

    Anna Spanner ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿซ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡งA This user is from outside of this forum
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    wrote last edited by
    #40

    @mike Yes indeed! but I fear we are a minority. Fediverse-based sample group probably a bit biased.

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    • Mike Taylor ๐Ÿฆ•M Mike Taylor ๐Ÿฆ•

      Over the last few weeks I have noticed a behaviour in myself.

      If I follow a link and I get a "We care about your privacy" popup, I click the "Reject all" button and read the article.

      But if there is no "Reject all" button, just a link to a complicated set of preferences, I simply close the window and never see what the article had to say.

      I wonder how many others do this.

      And how many web-sites are losing A LOT of their traffic for this reason.

      โ€”
      UPDATE: see replies, lots of people do this!

      BrianB This user is from outside of this forum
      BrianB This user is from outside of this forum
      Brian
      wrote last edited by
      #41

      @mike I do that too!
      Relatedly I have been getting completely blocked pages because I use an ad blocker and am redirected to a page that says I need to allow them to serve content I donโ€™t want. I donโ€™t follow that either.

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      • Mike Taylor ๐Ÿฆ•M Mike Taylor ๐Ÿฆ•

        Over the last few weeks I have noticed a behaviour in myself.

        If I follow a link and I get a "We care about your privacy" popup, I click the "Reject all" button and read the article.

        But if there is no "Reject all" button, just a link to a complicated set of preferences, I simply close the window and never see what the article had to say.

        I wonder how many others do this.

        And how many web-sites are losing A LOT of their traffic for this reason.

        โ€”
        UPDATE: see replies, lots of people do this!

        b3lt3rB This user is from outside of this forum
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        b3lt3r
        wrote last edited by
        #42

        @mike #metoo

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        • Mike Taylor ๐Ÿฆ•M Mike Taylor ๐Ÿฆ•

          Over the last few weeks I have noticed a behaviour in myself.

          If I follow a link and I get a "We care about your privacy" popup, I click the "Reject all" button and read the article.

          But if there is no "Reject all" button, just a link to a complicated set of preferences, I simply close the window and never see what the article had to say.

          I wonder how many others do this.

          And how many web-sites are losing A LOT of their traffic for this reason.

          โ€”
          UPDATE: see replies, lots of people do this!

          FriekeF This user is from outside of this forum
          FriekeF This user is from outside of this forum
          Frieke
          wrote last edited by
          #43

          @mike ๐Ÿ™‹๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธ same

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          • Jernej SimoncฬŒiฤ ๏ฟฝJ This user is from outside of this forum
            Jernej SimoncฬŒiฤ ๏ฟฝJ This user is from outside of this forum
            Jernej SimoncฬŒiฤ ๏ฟฝ
            wrote last edited by
            #44

            @jokeyrhyme @mike EU should've made adherence to Do Not Track mandatory.

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            • Mike Taylor ๐Ÿฆ•M Mike Taylor ๐Ÿฆ•

              Over the last few weeks I have noticed a behaviour in myself.

              If I follow a link and I get a "We care about your privacy" popup, I click the "Reject all" button and read the article.

              But if there is no "Reject all" button, just a link to a complicated set of preferences, I simply close the window and never see what the article had to say.

              I wonder how many others do this.

              And how many web-sites are losing A LOT of their traffic for this reason.

              โ€”
              UPDATE: see replies, lots of people do this!

              krytenK This user is from outside of this forum
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              kryten
              wrote last edited by
              #45

              @mike I could be mistaken but I think if you have 3rd party (cross site) cookies blocked in your browser settings it doesn't matter what cookies they try to set.

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              • Mike Taylor ๐Ÿฆ•M Mike Taylor ๐Ÿฆ•

                Over the last few weeks I have noticed a behaviour in myself.

                If I follow a link and I get a "We care about your privacy" popup, I click the "Reject all" button and read the article.

                But if there is no "Reject all" button, just a link to a complicated set of preferences, I simply close the window and never see what the article had to say.

                I wonder how many others do this.

                And how many web-sites are losing A LOT of their traffic for this reason.

                โ€”
                UPDATE: see replies, lots of people do this!

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                Nicky
                wrote last edited by
                #46

                @mike I do this too.

                If it's something I feel like I "need" to read then I open it in Duck and burn after reading. Don't know if it's ideal but makes me feel better at least.

                I'd honestly prefer them to say "we're tracking you and sharing your data to make money" than read "we care about your privacy" one more time.

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                • Mike Taylor ๐Ÿฆ•M Mike Taylor ๐Ÿฆ•

                  Over the last few weeks I have noticed a behaviour in myself.

                  If I follow a link and I get a "We care about your privacy" popup, I click the "Reject all" button and read the article.

                  But if there is no "Reject all" button, just a link to a complicated set of preferences, I simply close the window and never see what the article had to say.

                  I wonder how many others do this.

                  And how many web-sites are losing A LOT of their traffic for this reason.

                  โ€”
                  UPDATE: see replies, lots of people do this!

                  Miss GayleM This user is from outside of this forum
                  Miss GayleM This user is from outside of this forum
                  Miss Gayle
                  wrote last edited by
                  #47

                  @mike

                  That's exactly what I do. I'm not going to jump through hoops. There's no article worth all that, and there's always somebody else who wrote about that topic.

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                  • Mike Taylor ๐Ÿฆ•M Mike Taylor ๐Ÿฆ•

                    Over the last few weeks I have noticed a behaviour in myself.

                    If I follow a link and I get a "We care about your privacy" popup, I click the "Reject all" button and read the article.

                    But if there is no "Reject all" button, just a link to a complicated set of preferences, I simply close the window and never see what the article had to say.

                    I wonder how many others do this.

                    And how many web-sites are losing A LOT of their traffic for this reason.

                    โ€”
                    UPDATE: see replies, lots of people do this!

                    John Faithfull ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐ŸงกโœŠ๐ŸปโœŠ๐ŸฟF This user is from outside of this forum
                    John Faithfull ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐ŸงกโœŠ๐ŸปโœŠ๐ŸฟF This user is from outside of this forum
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                    wrote last edited by
                    #48

                    @mike mostly, but not always....

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                    • Mike Taylor ๐Ÿฆ•M Mike Taylor ๐Ÿฆ•

                      Over the last few weeks I have noticed a behaviour in myself.

                      If I follow a link and I get a "We care about your privacy" popup, I click the "Reject all" button and read the article.

                      But if there is no "Reject all" button, just a link to a complicated set of preferences, I simply close the window and never see what the article had to say.

                      I wonder how many others do this.

                      And how many web-sites are losing A LOT of their traffic for this reason.

                      โ€”
                      UPDATE: see replies, lots of people do this!

                      FlarZuumiF This user is from outside of this forum
                      FlarZuumiF This user is from outside of this forum
                      FlarZuumi
                      wrote last edited by
                      #49

                      @mike yep, I do this too, the content on a webpage needs to be very darn unique for me to take the trouble to do more than 3 clicks to refuse the cookies. I haven't actually missed anything important in my life since doing this for about the past 5 years

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                      • Mike Taylor ๐Ÿฆ•M Mike Taylor ๐Ÿฆ•

                        Over the last few weeks I have noticed a behaviour in myself.

                        If I follow a link and I get a "We care about your privacy" popup, I click the "Reject all" button and read the article.

                        But if there is no "Reject all" button, just a link to a complicated set of preferences, I simply close the window and never see what the article had to say.

                        I wonder how many others do this.

                        And how many web-sites are losing A LOT of their traffic for this reason.

                        โ€”
                        UPDATE: see replies, lots of people do this!

                        Harold JarcheH This user is from outside of this forum
                        Harold JarcheH This user is from outside of this forum
                        Harold Jarche
                        wrote last edited by
                        #50

                        @mike 99% for me

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                        • Mike Taylor ๐Ÿฆ•M Mike Taylor ๐Ÿฆ•

                          Over the last few weeks I have noticed a behaviour in myself.

                          If I follow a link and I get a "We care about your privacy" popup, I click the "Reject all" button and read the article.

                          But if there is no "Reject all" button, just a link to a complicated set of preferences, I simply close the window and never see what the article had to say.

                          I wonder how many others do this.

                          And how many web-sites are losing A LOT of their traffic for this reason.

                          โ€”
                          UPDATE: see replies, lots of people do this!

                          :ulfr:U This user is from outside of this forum
                          :ulfr:U This user is from outside of this forum
                          :ulfr:
                          wrote last edited by
                          #51

                          @mike The farthest I go in the absence of "reject all" is click "preferences" and let the browser search for it "after the break", but if it's not there either, the tab is ultimately doomed. @koehntopp

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                          • Mike Taylor ๐Ÿฆ•M Mike Taylor ๐Ÿฆ•

                            Over the last few weeks I have noticed a behaviour in myself.

                            If I follow a link and I get a "We care about your privacy" popup, I click the "Reject all" button and read the article.

                            But if there is no "Reject all" button, just a link to a complicated set of preferences, I simply close the window and never see what the article had to say.

                            I wonder how many others do this.

                            And how many web-sites are losing A LOT of their traffic for this reason.

                            โ€”
                            UPDATE: see replies, lots of people do this!

                            T Alex BeamishT This user is from outside of this forum
                            T Alex BeamishT This user is from outside of this forum
                            T Alex Beamish
                            wrote last edited by
                            #52

                            @mike Yes! Opebned Facebook and saw a couple of interesting pages. Each one led to that kind of website. Closed the tab, deleted the ad from my feed. #GetRidOfTheJunk

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                            • Mike Taylor ๐Ÿฆ•M Mike Taylor ๐Ÿฆ•

                              Over the last few weeks I have noticed a behaviour in myself.

                              If I follow a link and I get a "We care about your privacy" popup, I click the "Reject all" button and read the article.

                              But if there is no "Reject all" button, just a link to a complicated set of preferences, I simply close the window and never see what the article had to say.

                              I wonder how many others do this.

                              And how many web-sites are losing A LOT of their traffic for this reason.

                              โ€”
                              UPDATE: see replies, lots of people do this!

                              AMSA This user is from outside of this forum
                              AMSA This user is from outside of this forum
                              AMS
                              wrote last edited by
                              #53

                              @mike If consentomatic can't deal with it, I use reader mode, and if that can't I close the tab.

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                              • Mike Taylor ๐Ÿฆ•M Mike Taylor ๐Ÿฆ•

                                Over the last few weeks I have noticed a behaviour in myself.

                                If I follow a link and I get a "We care about your privacy" popup, I click the "Reject all" button and read the article.

                                But if there is no "Reject all" button, just a link to a complicated set of preferences, I simply close the window and never see what the article had to say.

                                I wonder how many others do this.

                                And how many web-sites are losing A LOT of their traffic for this reason.

                                โ€”
                                UPDATE: see replies, lots of people do this!

                                EQE This user is from outside of this forum
                                EQE This user is from outside of this forum
                                EQ
                                wrote last edited by
                                #54

                                @mike Me too since many years.

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                                • Mike Taylor ๐Ÿฆ•M Mike Taylor ๐Ÿฆ•

                                  Over the last few weeks I have noticed a behaviour in myself.

                                  If I follow a link and I get a "We care about your privacy" popup, I click the "Reject all" button and read the article.

                                  But if there is no "Reject all" button, just a link to a complicated set of preferences, I simply close the window and never see what the article had to say.

                                  I wonder how many others do this.

                                  And how many web-sites are losing A LOT of their traffic for this reason.

                                  โ€”
                                  UPDATE: see replies, lots of people do this!

                                  JoostJ This user is from outside of this forum
                                  JoostJ This user is from outside of this forum
                                  Joost
                                  wrote last edited by
                                  #55

                                  @mike same here.

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                                  • Mike Taylor ๐Ÿฆ•M This user is from outside of this forum
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                                    Mike Taylor ๐Ÿฆ•
                                    wrote last edited by
                                    #56

                                    @gim @jokeyrhyme Consent-o-matic great so far as it goes, but it only handles a small subset of the sites I follow links to.

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                                    • Phil Thane โœ…P Phil Thane โœ…

                                      @mike
                                      Yup, me too.
                                      Also wtf is 'legitimate interest'?

                                      Mike Taylor ๐Ÿฆ•M This user is from outside of this forum
                                      Mike Taylor ๐Ÿฆ•M This user is from outside of this forum
                                      Mike Taylor ๐Ÿฆ•
                                      wrote last edited by
                                      #57

                                      @pthane There is no such thing.

                                      (Also: doesn't that mean they're admitting all the others are not legitimate?)

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                                      • Lazy B0yL Lazy B0y

                                        @mike
                                        i admit too often im too curious and still do the extra clicks to get to the content and sometimes, which is also way too often, i also click โ€žaccept allโ€œ

                                        the most important fact:

                                        โ€žwe care about privacyโ€œ is a lie if itโ€™s coming in a cookie banner.

                                        who really cares about privacy can do real necessary cookies without additional banner.
                                        who does it anyway deserves no click at all - not reject all, not extra preferences settings, and least accept all

                                        Mike Taylor ๐Ÿฆ•M This user is from outside of this forum
                                        Mike Taylor ๐Ÿฆ•M This user is from outside of this forum
                                        Mike Taylor ๐Ÿฆ•
                                        wrote last edited by
                                        #58

                                        @lazyb0y Yes, quite!

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                                        • Matte๊™ฎ ItaliaC Matte๊™ฎ Italia

                                          @mike Same, but if I'm really interested and there's no easy way to reject all I open the page in an anonymous window.

                                          Mike Taylor ๐Ÿฆ•M This user is from outside of this forum
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                                          Mike Taylor ๐Ÿฆ•
                                          wrote last edited by
                                          #59

                                          @cvtsi2sd Yes, I do that, too. There is something satisfying about clicking Accept All in a new anonymous window, and imagining them thinking "Aha, new data!" little knowing it's all about to evaporate ๐Ÿ™‚

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