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I also really want this for 99% of sites I visit:

    [√] Disable third-party login
    [√] No, I really don't want to "login with Google"
    [√] No, I don't want to subscribe to your newsletter
    [√] and I don't want to join your Discord server

Edit: apparently Google believes that I'm lying about my preferences for web browsing. Who'd have thought? ;-)

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It’s funny how google and other sites just can’t imagine a world where people don’t want their crap.

I’ve been in product design meetings where it seems product managers earnestly say “it’s better for users, so we’ll just prompt them until they realize it’s a good idea.” It was odd to have a conversation where they couldn’t contemplate user wishes contrary to their own.

This is a pet peeve of mine. You even see the same thing expressed in the comments on HN from time to time.

Underpinning the mindset is the idea that users are idiots who are incapable of perceiving the unvarnished brilliance of devs and PMs. When, more usually, it's that the devs and PMs aren't understanding something that's very important to users.

Use the annoyances lists in uBlock and it solves most of this

Of course, it would actually be:

    [X] Tick to confirm that No, you want not to be unsubscribed from the newsletter

Or worse!

Un-re-anti-not-not-not subscribed to your newsletter?

Mu.

tick to don't not un re subscribe to not redo reminder to not de subscribe (we will send a one time pass code to mt Kilimanjaro, you must hike there and return with the code in 10 minutes or your ability to no un re subscribe to not redo reminder to not de subscribe will be locked for 10 minutes and you will need to fill out a form containing a blood sample and your grandmothers ashes to re-enable)

If you are using Safari, the extensions

- Hush,

And

- Stop the Madness

Will solve about 90% of these annoyances

I love HN. I keep learning about these obscure addons that are mandatory. I'll add to the list!

AdGuard [1] Hush [2]

If you use Reddit: Sink It for Reddit [3]

[1] https://apps.apple.com/us/app/adguard-adblock-privacy/id1047...

[2] https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hush-nag-blocker/id1544743900

[3] https://apps.apple.com/us/app/sink-it-for-reddit/id644987363...

Here's the link to StopTheMadness: https://underpassapp.com/StopTheMadness/

Calling Safari extensions “extensions” is an insult to all other apps and all other extensions.

How’s that?

You forgot

[√] No I don't want to share my location

[√] No I don't want to get notifications

These settings exists in the browser already

I dream someday of finding a browser with a "never autoplay video" setting that actually works.

(Note: brave might work - I haven't tested it enough though.)

Firefox at least stops the video from playing if it has sounds. That's so much better than the alternative.

I think showing these options + login (with Goo...) would have been such a good use case if I, as a user visited the login or sign up page.

and just give me 1. minimal or necessary or 2. all cookies for whatever.

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