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

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  • mike@sauropods.winM mike@sauropods.win

    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!

    nicelady@theforkiverse.comN This user is from outside of this forum
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    #52

    @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@sauropods.winM mike@sauropods.win

      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!

      bjn@mstdn.socialB This user is from outside of this forum
      bjn@mstdn.socialB This user is from outside of this forum
      bjn@mstdn.social
      wrote last edited by
      #53

      @mike Almost the same, I’ll spend a second or two hunting for the “reject all” button in case they’ve hidden it somewhere on the page. If I really really need to read the thing and I can’t find a reject all, or have to disable 7000 different “trusted” associates one by one, I’ll open it in a different brower’s icognito window.

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      • mike@sauropods.winM mike@sauropods.win

        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!

        missgayle@urbanists.socialM This user is from outside of this forum
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        wrote last edited by
        #54

        @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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        • bitchboss@marcella.masto.hostB bitchboss@marcella.masto.host

          @mike

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

          bjn@mstdn.socialB This user is from outside of this forum
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          wrote last edited by
          #55

          @bitchboss @mike My worry with “Accept Only Necssary” is what counts as necessary to who?

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          • mike@sauropods.winM mike@sauropods.win

            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!

            bribear@blahaj.zoneB This user is from outside of this forum
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            bribear@blahaj.zone
            wrote last edited by
            #56

            @mike@sauropods.win this is what I have done for years now

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            • mike@sauropods.winM mike@sauropods.win

              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!

              flarzuumi@mastodon.socialF This user is from outside of this forum
              flarzuumi@mastodon.socialF This user is from outside of this forum
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              wrote last edited by
              #57

              @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@sauropods.winM mike@sauropods.win

                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@mastodon.socialH This user is from outside of this forum
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                harold@mastodon.social
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                #58

                @mike 99% for me

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                • mike@sauropods.winM mike@sauropods.win

                  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@hachyderm.ioU This user is from outside of this forum
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                  #59

                  @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@sauropods.winM mike@sauropods.win

                    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!

                    talexb@fosstodon.orgT This user is from outside of this forum
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                    wrote last edited by
                    #60

                    @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@sauropods.winM mike@sauropods.win

                      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!

                      guillotine_jones@beige.partyG This user is from outside of this forum
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                      guillotine_jones@beige.party
                      wrote last edited by
                      #61

                      @mike
                      I was picking and choosing which sites I'd continue with if they had this kind of opt in arrangement.
                      Now I think I'll just bipass them all.

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                      • mike@sauropods.winM mike@sauropods.win

                        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!

                        ftregan@mastodon.tetaneutral.netF This user is from outside of this forum
                        ftregan@mastodon.tetaneutral.netF This user is from outside of this forum
                        ftregan@mastodon.tetaneutral.net
                        wrote last edited by
                        #62

                        @mike I do this. Not as a pattern I later understood but as a fully conscious and weighted decision. Statistic from mastodon won't give any hint about how many traffic the website looses, though.

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                        • mike@sauropods.winM mike@sauropods.win

                          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!

                          4d3fect@sfba.social4 This user is from outside of this forum
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                          #63

                          @mike ME!

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                          • mike@sauropods.winM mike@sauropods.win

                            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!

                            ams@infosec.exchangeA This user is from outside of this forum
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                            wrote last edited by
                            #64

                            @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@sauropods.winM mike@sauropods.win

                              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!

                              eq@mas.toE This user is from outside of this forum
                              eq@mas.toE This user is from outside of this forum
                              eq@mas.to
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                              #65

                              @mike Me too since many years.

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                              • mike@sauropods.winM mike@sauropods.win

                                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!

                                jhelberg@mastodon.socialJ This user is from outside of this forum
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                                wrote last edited by
                                #66

                                @mike same here.

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                                • gim@lou.ltG 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.

                                  mike@sauropods.winM This user is from outside of this forum
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                                  #67

                                  @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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                                  • pthane@toot.walesP pthane@toot.wales

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

                                    mike@sauropods.winM This user is from outside of this forum
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                                    #68

                                    @pthane There is no such thing.

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

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                                    • lazyb0y@mastodon.socialL lazyb0y@mastodon.social

                                      @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@sauropods.winM This user is from outside of this forum
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                                      wrote last edited by
                                      #69

                                      @lazyb0y Yes, quite!

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                                      • cvtsi2sd@hachyderm.ioC cvtsi2sd@hachyderm.io

                                        @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@sauropods.winM This user is from outside of this forum
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                                        wrote last edited by
                                        #70

                                        @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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                                        • bjn@mstdn.socialB bjn@mstdn.social

                                          @bitchboss @mike My worry with “Accept Only Necssary” is what counts as necessary to who?

                                          mike@sauropods.winM This user is from outside of this forum
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                                          wrote last edited by
                                          #71

                                          @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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