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Best annoyance reduction add-on stack? (lemm.ee)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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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[–] LynneOfFlowers@midwest.social 10 points 2 years ago

I also use SponsorBlock for YouTube, which skips sponsor segments in YouTube videos (and optionally other kinds of segments like intros, self promos, etc.) it's crowd-sourced for identifying the segments but for almost all the videos I watch someone has already marked at least the sponsor segments

[–] bazzett@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (3 children)

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

[–] hal_5700X@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] bazzett@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years 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.

[–] GravitySpoiled@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I'm on istilldontcareaboutcookies and cookie autodelete. Who cares if they save cookies for the session?

[–] boredtortoise@lemm.ee 13 points 2 years ago

I'd prefer to still have only the necessary and useful cookies retained.

[–] tfw_no_toiletpaper@feddit.de 5 points 2 years ago

Yes same setup here. The annoying popups are worse for me than cookies being saved just for one session.

[–] Crul@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

Kill Sticky to "Kill off the annoying floating things blocking the website you're trying to see."

Notes:

  • In some pages it removes too much and it breaks the page.
  • It's not automatic, you need to click it manually. Because the previous point, it wouldn't be practical to always execute it.
[–] oicasado 1 points 2 years ago

I also go to Settings > site permissions (or the equivalent) and block requests from sites