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

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  • Mike Taylor 🦕M Mike Taylor 🦕

    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.

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    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 don’t want. I don’t follow that either.

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    • Mike Taylor 🦕M Mike Taylor 🦕

      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.

      —
      UPDATE: see replies, lots of people do this!

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

      @mike #metoo

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      • Mike Taylor 🦕M Mike Taylor 🦕

        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.

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        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 🙋🏼‍♀️ same

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        • Jernej Simončič �J This user is from outside of this forum
          Jernej Simončič �J This user is from outside of this forum
          Jernej Simončič �
          wrote last edited by
          #44

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

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          • Mike Taylor 🦕M Mike Taylor 🦕

            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.

            —
            UPDATE: see replies, lots of people do this!

            krytenK This user is from outside of this forum
            krytenK This user is from outside of this forum
            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 🦕M Mike Taylor 🦕

              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.

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              UPDATE: see replies, lots of people do this!

              N This user is from outside of this forum
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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 🦕M Mike Taylor 🦕

                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.

                —
                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 🦕M Mike Taylor 🦕

                  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.

                  —
                  UPDATE: see replies, lots of people do this!

                  John Faithfull 🌍🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🧡✊🏻✊🏿F This user is from outside of this forum
                  John Faithfull 🌍🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🧡✊🏻✊🏿F This user is from outside of this forum
                  John Faithfull 🌍🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🧡✊🏻✊🏿
                  wrote last edited by
                  #48

                  @mike mostly, but not always....

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                  • Mike Taylor 🦕M Mike Taylor 🦕

                    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.

                    —
                    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 🦕M Mike Taylor 🦕

                      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.

                      —
                      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 🦕M Mike Taylor 🦕

                        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.

                        —
                        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 🦕M Mike Taylor 🦕

                          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.

                          —
                          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 🦕M Mike Taylor 🦕

                            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.

                            —
                            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 🦕M Mike Taylor 🦕

                              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.

                              —
                              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 🦕M Mike Taylor 🦕

                                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.

                                —
                                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 🦕M This user is from outside of this forum
                                  Mike Taylor 🦕M This user is from outside of this forum
                                  Mike Taylor 🦕
                                  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 ✅P Phil Thane ✅

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

                                    Mike Taylor 🦕M This user is from outside of this forum
                                    Mike Taylor 🦕M This user is from outside of this forum
                                    Mike Taylor 🦕
                                    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 „accept all“

                                      the most important fact:

                                      „we care about privacy“ is a lie if it’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 🦕M This user is from outside of this forum
                                      Mike Taylor 🦕M This user is from outside of this forum
                                      Mike Taylor 🦕
                                      wrote last edited by
                                      #58

                                      @lazyb0y Yes, quite!

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                                      • Matteꙮ ItaliaC Matteꙮ 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 🦕M This user is from outside of this forum
                                        Mike Taylor 🦕M This user is from outside of this forum
                                        Mike Taylor 🦕
                                        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 🙂

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                                        • Mike Taylor 🦕M This user is from outside of this forum
                                          Mike Taylor 🦕M This user is from outside of this forum
                                          Mike Taylor 🦕
                                          wrote last edited by
                                          #60

                                          @bjn @bitchboss Fair point. We all know what "necessary" ACTUALLY means, but that doesn't mean they're not maliciously interpreting it differently!

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