Five years back I used to click "accept all cookies" without thinking. Now I spend 10 minutes rejecting every single toggle.

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Honestly, that point about them being "designed to trick you" is exactly right. Once you start noticing how they hide the reject button in plain sight, it feels way more satisfying to shut it all down.

kai_webb911mo ago

Not every site hides it though. Some have a single "reject all" button that takes one click. Still worth checking for the sneaky ones.

mianelson1mo ago

Respectfully gotta disagree with you here. I actually think taking those 10 minutes is TIME well spent. Those cookie popups are literally designed to trick you into giving up your data, and spending a few minutes to reject everything is a small price for keeping companies from tracking every click. Most people don't realize that just clicking "accept all" gives them permission to sell your info to who knows how many ad companies. Plus once you've done it a few times you get faster at it, so it's not really 10 minutes every single time.