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GitHub removes its annoying cookie banners:
Cookie banners are one of the most annoying parts of browsing the web, forcing you to click accept or deny on multiple sites. Microsoft-owned GitHub is starting to address this aggravation by removing cookie banners from its site this week. "At GitHub, we want to protect developer privacy, and we find cookie banners quite irritating, so we decided to look for a solution," explains GitHub CEO Nat Friedman. "After a brief search, we found one: just don't use any non-essential cookies. Pretty simple, really."
GitHub, which operates independently from Microsoft, has now removed all nonessential cookies, meaning the site doesn't send any information to third-party analytics services. This is a change that's turned into a commitment, so GitHub will only ever use cookies that are required and none to track, display ads, or send information elsewhere.
(Score: 2) by RedGreen on Monday December 21 2020, @04:52PM
As Meatloaf sang it, you took the words right out of my mouth and it certainly was not while you were kissing me. What a garbage design some of them have like you say and I was going to, the forced acceptance of the cookies to see anything, like you it is the last time I visit. It is a sad state of affairs, anyone have a clue how to get rid of them stupid videos that pop out of nowhere and follow you down the page?
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