Cookie Consent Banners

Users vent frustration about annoying cookie consent popups on websites, criticizing dark patterns, GDPR compliance, and calling for browser extensions or built-in features to bypass or automate them.

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Sample Comments

VWWHFSfQ May 6, 2020 View on HN

this cookie consent stuff does absolutely nothing but annoy people

foreigner Jan 23, 2019 View on HN

I want the opposite of this site: "Simple opt in" that makes all the GDPR cookie warnings go away.

andy99 Nov 20, 2025 View on HN

So sick of these “Accept all cookies” / “reject optional cookies” dark patterns, sites that do this should be banned

Tijdreiziger May 15, 2021 View on HN

Ruined for me by their cookie consent page :D

igravious May 31, 2021 View on HN

I want a cookie policy API in browsers. User has a master switch for: Ask Every Time, Yes, No, and Essential Only – then in the list of remembered sites you can toggle after the fact if your little heart so desires.That's it, that's all I want. Give me back my web please.Between cookies and user authentication I think the web is an actively user hostile place. We could and should have done better.

amadeuspagel Dec 28, 2022 View on HN

Not constantly having to see cookie banners?

kevincox Feb 7, 2022 View on HN

That's a really asshole cookie banner. It looks like only essential cookies are checked, but the big red button accepts all cookies, ignoring the selection. You need to careful read and select the second button to only accept the selected cookies.

sim_card_map Dec 11, 2020 View on HN

please not another cookie law!tired of closing useless cookie notifications on every site

echlebek Feb 2, 2022 View on HN

The docs page nags you to accept cookies. How offensive.

Reason077 Jun 28, 2020 View on HN

What the web really needs is "bypass cookie consent popups"!