pewpew@feddit.it to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agoYou need to install an extension to reject cookies in websites that use Google Analyticsfeddit.itimagemessage-square25linkfedilinkarrow-up1308arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1306arrow-down1imageYou need to install an extension to reject cookies in websites that use Google Analyticsfeddit.itpewpew@feddit.it to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square25linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareLuminous5481 "Lawless Heathen" [they/them]@anarchist.nexuslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up63arrow-down2·7 days agoNo you don’t? Just block it with uBlock, which you need to make the web usable in the first place.
minus-squareofficermike@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·7 days agoTechnically uBlock is still an extension. If you really wanted to block Google analytics without installing an extension, it could presumably be done via hosts file edits or with a custom DNS server.
minus-squareLuminous5481 "Lawless Heathen" [they/them]@anarchist.nexuslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·7 days ago Technically uBlock is still an extension. yes, and it’s an extension that anyone using the fediverse almost certainly already has installed.
minus-squareFmstrat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoEven in the most nerdy of nerdville, there are nerdier nerds than nerds can imagine. They don’t run uBlock, for they run NoScript.
minus-squareLuminous5481 "Lawless Heathen" [they/them]@anarchist.nexuslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agouBlock has all the same functions as NoScript, if you enable the advanced user mode.
minus-squareFmstrat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoOh agreed, I actually do use uBlock
No you don’t? Just block it with uBlock, which you need to make the web usable in the first place.
Technically uBlock is still an extension.
If you really wanted to block Google analytics without installing an extension, it could presumably be done via hosts file edits or with a custom DNS server.
yes, and it’s an extension that anyone using the fediverse almost certainly already has installed.
Even in the most nerdy of nerdville, there are nerdier nerds than nerds can imagine. They don’t run uBlock, for they run NoScript.
uBlock has all the same functions as NoScript, if you enable the advanced user mode.
Oh agreed, I actually do use uBlock