[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":694},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-43831298":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":10,"maker":11,"posted_at":12,"year":13,"points":14,"comments":15,"rank_in_year":16,"shown_in_year":17,"top":18,"tier":19,"category":20,"subcategory":21,"format":22,"keywords":23,"reception":28,"sentiment":29,"stance_mix":30,"scored_comments":35,"aspects":36,"strip":45,"post_text":47,"what":48,"said":64,"maker_in_thread":191,"shape":203,"grid":208,"attempts":656,"same_week":657,"maker_shows":33,"maker_hidden":686,"reader_version":687,"card":688},"43831298","Reject Cookies","A Chrome extension that will auto-reject non-essential cookies","title","Show HN: A Chrome extension that will auto-reject non-essential cookies","https:\u002F\u002Fblog.bymitch.com\u002Fposts\u002Freject-cookies\u002F","blog.bymitch.com","mitch292",1745927395,2025,296,166,186,3837,5,"legend","web_saas","browser extension","browser_extension",[24,25,26,27],"cookie banner","auto reject cookies","chrome extension","gdpr consent","curious",-0.116,{"positive":31,"neutral":32,"mixed":33,"critical":34},8,26,1,11,46,{"privacy":37,"design":39,"idea":42,"execution":43,"docs":44},{"positive":33,"critical":38},3,{"positive":40,"critical":41},2,0,{"positive":40,"critical":18},{"positive":41,"critical":40},{"positive":41,"critical":33},[46,18,41,33,33,41,41,41,41,41,41,41,41,38,33,41,38,38,41,33,41,41,18,38,33,38,33,41,41,41,41,41,46,38,38,33,38,38,46,40],4,"A FOSS chrome extension that attempts to remove the annoyance of cookie pop ups and banners.\n\nThere are some extensions out there that auto-accept cookies, but I didn't find one that auto rejected cookies without either chaining some extensions together or setting up custom rules in tools like uBlock origin. So with this extension, you just need to add it for non-essential cookies to be rejected.\n\nGithub: https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Fmitch292\u002Freject-cookies Extension Link: https:\u002F\u002Fchromewebstore.google.com\u002Fdetail\u002Fbnbodofigkfjljnopfggfoecokhmhamc?utm_source=item-share-cb\n\nIt's still very early days for t",{"problem":49,"audience":55,"pricing":55,"motivation":56,"time_to_build":55,"stack":60,"openness":61,"stage":62,"team_size":63},{"value":50,"source":51,"evidence":52},"Cookie pop-ups and banners are annoying; no simple extension auto-rejects non-essential cookies","maker",[53],{"id":54},"post",null,{"value":57,"source":51,"evidence":58},"Remove the annoyance of cookie banners; existing options needed chaining or custom rules",[59],{"id":54},[],"open_source","beta","unknown",{"praise":65,"objections":78,"requests":118,"questions":137,"alternatives":152},[66],{"value":67,"source":68,"evidence":69},"Idea is useful and wanted, e.g. for people who hate cookie banners","commenter",[70,74],{"id":71,"by":72,"text":73},"43862271","sneha_tamal","oh this feels like a must need for a person like me.",{"id":75,"by":76,"text":77},"43833130","mcoliver","Love the idea. I wish chrome extensions had a more granular permissions structure and\u002For reminders\u002Fsecurity checkups on installed extensions and their permissions. As it is the…",[79,83,98,107],{"value":80,"source":68,"evidence":81},"Extension requests broad content script permission on all sites, a security concern",[82],{"id":75,"by":76,"text":77},{"value":84,"source":68,"evidence":85},"uBlock Origin and Consent-O-Matic already do this",[86,90,94],{"id":87,"by":88,"text":89},"43832081","coldpie","uBlock Origin already has this. Enable the \"Cookie notices\" and \"Annoyances\" filters in uBlock Origin's settings. Bonus pro-tip: Firefox for Android supports uBlock Origin, which…",{"id":91,"by":92,"text":93},"43831751","mrweasel","Consent-O-Matic can easily be configured to reject cookies. I suppose that technically you could also just remove the pop-ups, that means that you never agreed to anything and…",{"id":95,"by":96,"text":97},"43833283","p_ing","Consent-O-Matic is an extension that works fairly well and is cross browser. https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Fcavi-au\u002FConsent-O-Matic",{"value":99,"source":68,"evidence":100},"Rejecting consent may not stop tracking and browser-level protection is better",[101,104],{"id":102,"by":88,"text":103},"43832541","You think these websites give a shit about your privacy because you clicked on a div with a \"No\" in it? Not a chance. It's like asking thieves to promise not to steal from you.…",{"id":105,"by":88,"text":106},"43833158","Yeah but the question is how you, as a user, should best protect yourself. I'm saying clicking the \"No\" provides no advantage over using a browser that just protects you from…",{"value":108,"source":68,"evidence":109},"Code written with AI assistance raises trust concerns",[110,114],{"id":111,"by":112,"text":113},"43832101","rkagerer","How it’s implemented: Vibe coding is the answer Sorry, you want me to give browser privileges to code written by AI?",{"id":115,"by":116,"text":117},"43837729","dsr_","Back in the Matt's Script Archive days I would automatically reject anything written in PHP from serious consideration. Whatever it was, would inevitably be full of bugs,…",[119,130],{"value":120,"source":68,"evidence":121},"Firefox version",[122,126],{"id":123,"by":124,"text":125},"43831960","rizs12","Can you release it for firefox too please?",{"id":127,"by":128,"text":129},"43840837","methuselah_in","I guess firefox is missing",{"value":131,"source":68,"evidence":132},"Better handling of privacy policy wording",[133],{"id":134,"by":135,"text":136},"43832380","cj","I noticed you deleted the privacy policy in Github, and link to this one instead https:\u002F\u002Fprivacy.reject-cookies.bymitch.com\u002F The one you link to doesn't really make sense: > Data…",[138,145],{"value":139,"source":68,"evidence":140},"How does it know where to reject; is the site list closed",[141],{"id":142,"by":143,"text":144},"43832773","shav123","nice how do you know where to reject is that a closed list?",{"value":146,"source":68,"evidence":147},"Does rejecting break embedded content like YouTube",[148],{"id":149,"by":150,"text":151},"43841650","mp3geek","Rejecting all consents is just a webcompat disaster waiting to happen, \"Why is embedded youtube video not working?\", \"Why is this social embedded not showing?\".",[153,157,166,177,184],{"value":154,"source":68,"evidence":155},"uBlock Origin cookie notice filters",[156],{"id":87,"by":88,"text":89},{"value":158,"source":68,"evidence":159},"Consent-O-Matic",[160,161,165],{"id":91,"by":92,"text":93},{"id":162,"by":163,"text":164},"43833643","tenthirtyam","Have you seen consent-o-matic? https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Fcavi-au\u002FConsent-O-Matic https:\u002F\u002Faddons.mozilla.org\u002Fen-GB\u002Ffirefox\u002Faddon\u002Fconsent-o-matic\u002F",{"id":95,"by":96,"text":97},{"value":167,"source":68,"evidence":168},"I still don't care about cookies",[169,173],{"id":170,"by":171,"text":172},"43832719","HypnoticOcelot","What's the difference between this and \"I still don't care about cookies\"[0]? [0] https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002FOhMyGuus\u002FI-Still-Dont-Care-About-Cookies",{"id":174,"by":175,"text":176},"43835670","johncoltrane","I --still-- don't care about cookies so I use https:\u002F\u002Fchromewebstore.google.com\u002Fdetail\u002Fi-still-dont-care-about-c\u002Fedibdbjcniadpccecjdfdjjppcpchdlm.",{"value":178,"source":68,"evidence":179},"Brave browser",[180],{"id":181,"by":182,"text":183},"43835621","darajava","Brave does this by default and it works flawlessly apart from on fairly obscure websites (a lot of obscure websites don't have cookie notices anyway). I don't know why more…",{"value":185,"source":68,"evidence":186},"Hush for Safari",[187],{"id":188,"by":189,"text":190},"43842987","rpgbr","For those who use Safari, there's Hush: https:\u002F\u002Foblador.github.io\u002Fhush\u002F",{"comments":192,"answered":46,"key":193},6,[194,197,200],{"id":195,"text":196},"43833451","Definitely agree, not a fan of the permissions. The broad permissions were required from a usability standpoint. Granting permission on every site for this extension would just…",{"id":198,"text":199},"43832708","This is 100% a fair point of view and you’re right to be skeptical. With the blog post I was just trying to convey that cursor + auto select model was not great at this task. It…",{"id":201,"text":202},"43832651","Agree! 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