Brave browser now blocks cookie banners

Re:Brave browser now blocks cookie banners by annoyingnoob on Wednesday October 19, 2022 @10:11AM (#33262452)

> you will instantly notice that ads on the internet have gotten way nastier than ever

Anyone that remembers the advent of pop-ups and pop-unders, never ending cascading popped windows, flashy, shaky, and just terrible ads might beg to differ with you.

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Re:Brave browser now blocks cookie banners by bookofjoe on Wednesday October 19, 2022 @10:16AM (#33262548)

Any UK tabloid website will carry you right back to those days

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Re:Brave browser now blocks cookie banners by cosmodisk on Thursday October 20, 2022 @02:30AM (#33271500)

For anyone less aware of UK's tabloids, I suggest visiting Dailymail.co.uk for a dose of ads

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Re:Brave browser now blocks cookie banners by princevegeta89 on Wednesday October 19, 2022 @10:20AM (#33262602)

`cascading popped windows`

Ah, these were the MVP stars of the show back then.

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Re:Brave browser now blocks cookie banners by NoGravitas on Wednesday October 19, 2022 @02:07PM (#33265791)

I remember those. The interesting thing about those is that browsers went out of their way to add features disabling those, only to then implement the infrastructure for them to be re-implemented in-page in ways that are harder to block.

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Re:Brave browser now blocks cookie banners by uncletammy on Wednesday October 19, 2022 @09:00PM (#33269704)

Pop-unders still exist. The only difference is that it's now new tabs instead of windows.

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