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Mozilla says Apple’s new browser rules are “as painful as possible” for Firefox (www.theverge.com)
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[–] [email protected] 19 points 9 months ago (1 children)

There's an extension called Consent-O-Matic that will deal with the popups automatically for you.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Presumably rejecting them? It's the legitimate toggle that gets me though. How do 400 partners require access to my browsing information in order for your site to run?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

That's the obvious bullshit lol, exactly

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I think you can configure it but I have mine set to reject them all.

But yeah the excuses are absurd. This tracking is not only not necessary, it's also wrong.