On: Full third-party cookie blocking and more

[koolba]

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.

[drdaeman → koolba]

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...

[currysausage → drdaeman]

Sites would just instruct users to accept permanent storage in exchange for free content.

[cutemonster → currysausage]

But then why don't they already force visitors to accept push notifications?