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Re:Full third-party cookie blocking and more by koolba on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @05:07PM (#22679017)
It’s the usual “this is why we can’t have nice things”. Anything persistent will be turned into a tracking cookie. So eventually everything becomes ephemeral.
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Re:Full third-party cookie blocking and more by drdaeman on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @11:21PM (#22681682)
Not if there's a proper opt-in permission prompt, just like for GPS or camera/microphone access.

It's not trivial, though, seeing how notification prompts were abused...

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Re:Full third-party cookie blocking and more by currysausage on Wednesday March 25, 2020 @07:11AM (#22683501)
Sites would just instruct users to accept permanent storage in exchange for free content.
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Re:Full third-party cookie blocking and more by cutemonster on Wednesday March 25, 2020 @05:25PM (#22688655)
But then why don't they already force visitors to accept push notifications?
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