I remember when there was a browser pref to ask for permission to set cookies. T...

I remember when there was a browser pref to ask for permission to set cookies. That got removed because you'd visit a site, and got blasted with 500 "Allow bla-282.adserver-whatever.net to set a cookie? Y/N" windows.

Firefox seems to be working on dealing with the consent stuff: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/cookie-banner-reduction

HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38856515