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Why do they even put the option there if it doesn't do anything?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's dependant on cookies. If whatever you checked that on deletes its cookies it can't remember the "device". The wording is all wrong but I guess they have to do that because plebs don't know that this is running in a browser.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

And yet, even with no auto-deleting-cookies options, we all routinely see this issue.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

that means that you have strong tracking and fingerprinting protections. That's a feat, not an issue.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

Every single month with my mortgage provider. Drives me nuts to be so mildly inconvenienced