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

[gjm@mathstodon.xyz]

@mike On ones with a "Deny all" option, if you go into the individual settings you will often find that lots of them have an _extra_ little toggle-switch, labelled "Legitimate Interest", that is _on_ by default and that I bet does not get turned off when you click "Deny all".

[jessuvaleria@mastodon.social]

@mike I also do the same. Either that pop-ups and/or ads covering up what I am going to read. Instant close. I can read the news elsewhere

[mike@sauropods.win]

@gjm Yikes. Maybe some browser-side Just Don't Store Cookies Except Ones I Make An Exception For extension is necessary.

[mike@sauropods.win]

@jessuvaleria Yes, exactly. And OMG all the "subscribe" and "allow notifications" popups!

[timwardcam@c.im]

@mike Me too. No "reject all" means I don't read - there are plenty of other web sites out there.

[rysiek@mstdn.social]

@mike I definitely do this

[bro666@social.tchncs.de]

@mike

I do this too.

I also avoid visiting certain platforms too, like Substack, regardless of how interesting the article may seem.

[oilheap@infosec.exchange]

@glynmoody @mike I imagine most average people just click "Accept all" without a second thought because it gets them to the content. "Informed consent" this is not!

[friedemannlietz@mastodon.social]

@mike same

[glynmoody@mastodon.social]

@oilheap indeed @mike

[steeph@todon.eu]

@mike @glynmoody They might. It's an easy statistic to create. But us closing the site is the point if such popups, isn't it? We would create traffic that doesn't produce sellable data. Sure, it's a black and white view on the issue. But in general that is why there is no obvious deny all option.

[steveclough@metalhead.club]

@mike Very much what I do. If I cannot say "no" with a click, I will tend not to bother.

I even do this at work - where I might be searching for something quite specific, but I am still not accepting sites which are desperate for me to let them know who I am.

[gim@lou.lt]

@mike @jokeyrhyme there were mentions/news last year, that things (regulation-wise) will be simplified - for end-users that is I'm not sure where/how that ended though.

Btw, I'm aware that's not the solution to malicious compliance, but Consent-o-matic add-on usually does the job well.

[inmod@mastodon.social]

@mike you still get cookies pop-ups?

[soveryoleary@mstdn.social]

@mike Same. except first I try to bypass it entirely by hitting “Show Reader” button if available

[pthane@toot.wales]

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

[bitchboss@marcella.masto.host]

@mike

Yes. If there is no button labelled ‘Reject All’ or ‘Accept Only Necessary,’ then it's goodbye.

[osma@mas.to]

They're not losing business. Their business is to sell tracked impressions to surveillance vendors, so deny all and a lost reader are both worth nothing.
@mike @glynmoody

[dziadekmick@mstdn.social]

@mike

Me too.

And I turn back on sites which give me the MAYBE LATER option instead of NO.

[his_boy_sherman@mstdn.social]

@mike yes, this is what I do. At first I stressed over the “should I or shouldn’t I” decisions, then just decided I didn’t need that in my life, and that turned out to be correct