Fun fact: despite existing almost as long as the web, cookies are not a requirement to view article based sites.
@david I wonder how many of those sites have actually already set cookies before you’ve explicitly agreed to them too.
@foxwitch @david And if you deny, they will have to ask you again and again...
@waweic @foxwitch Yeah, that was the second screenshot. I clicked deny and it was like "no, you can't deny and read this article!"
@foxwitch @david all of them
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@david I wonder how many of those sites have actually already set cookies before you’ve explicitly agreed to them too.