Ask HN: Cookie popups – how annoyed are you?

Re:Ask HN: Cookie popups – how annoyed are you? by meowster on Monday January 25, 2021 @02:18PM (#25907455)

They're covering what I want to read, they effectively make my screen smaller.

Would the EU directive also mandate there be no consent popups? Otherwise they'll probably remain and annoy people, even if they are mandated to follow DNT.

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Re:Ask HN: Cookie popups – how annoyed are you? by Jugurtha on Monday January 25, 2021 @02:57PM (#25907930)

I'm pretty sure you'll really like the Just Read extension[0]. Once installed, I just hit Ctrl+Shift+L and it will make all that noise disappear, and present the content in a 70 characters wide format and bigger fonts.

The difference is dramatic. I tried it and went "wow" when it became obvious I didn't realize just how noisy pages are. This is similar to "Zen mode" or "Distraction free mode" in some editors, but for web pages.

- [0]: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/just-read/dgmanlpm...

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