this post was submitted on 19 May 2025
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If the popup menu goes away with a single click, it doesn't bother me too much. I'm okay with sites letting me know that they need donors to minimize ads, or just letting me know about cookie permissions.
My pet peeve is when they ask for your email to read a free article.
cookie menus that don't have a decline button but instead a" manage" button where you have to untick every single bit individually
A website I used to frequent changed their cookie pop-up so that there was a message saying if you don't want to accept cookies to go to "manage settings" at the bottom of any page. The only way that you could close the pop-up was to click the "accept all cookies" button. The pop-up was so big it blocked the bottom of the page so you could never get to the "manage settings" link without clicking the "accept all cookies" button to close the pop-up. I have not been back to this site since they made the change.
Literally the worst
The worst so far...
DON'T FUCKING SAY ANYTHING MORE
It's not a free article if they require anything from me.
Still not accessible tho.