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Best annoyance reduction add-on stack? (lemm.ee)
submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by boredtortoise@lemm.ee to c/firefox@lemmy.ml
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Currently running with uBlock Origin with a lot of filter lists and Consent-o-matic, and the hidden setting to auto decline cookie dialogs but still getting popups, sticky videos and such.

Used to go with I still don't care about cookies but heard it can default to accepting more cookies than needed

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[–] bazzett@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Configure uBlock Origin in medium mode and set Firefox to delete cookies on quitting. Easy.

[–] hal_5700X@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Configure uBlock Origin in medium mode

https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Blocking-mode:-medium-mode

set Firefox to delete cookies on quitting

Open the Application Menu (the three lines next to the puzzle piece) > Settings > Privacy & Security > Cookies & Site Data > Click the Delete cookies and site data when Firefox is closed box > Done

[–] bazzett@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Thanks! I wrote that when on mobile, so I didn't think to add instructions 😅. Also, if the user needs to allow some cookies, they can be set at Settings > Privacy & Security > Cookies & Site Data > Manage Exceptions.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 months ago

I feel like I would get a ton more captchas if I delete cookies every time. I mostly just use uBlock Origin.

[–] library_napper@monyet.cc 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Pretty sure I get more cookie banners because my cookies auto delete

[–] bazzett@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Is to prevent that that you configure UBO in medium mode. Since many cookie banners are loaded by a 3rd party script, they're blocked by UBO when configured this way. For the rest I use one of the "Annoyances" filter that come preinstalled. Since the time I adopted this method (~3 years) I think I can count the number of cookie banners I've seen with the fingers of one hand.