{"slug": "i-don-t-care-about-cookies", "name": "I don't care about cookies", "category": "browsers", "category_name": "Browsers and extensions", "description": "", "recommenders": 2, "commenters": 3, "warners": 1, "score": 0.909, "rising": -0.65, "first": "2025-11-19", "latest": "2026-07-26", "why": "I use the \"I don't care about cookies\" extension, which rejects most cookies automatically without me having to see the popups.", "why_is_quote": true, "has_verdict": false, "sentiment": {"recommend": 2, "neutral": 0, "compare": 0, "warn": 1}, "spark": [1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0], "listed": false, "loved": [], "caveat": "", "short_quote": "I use the \"I don't care about cookies\" extension, which rejects most cookies automatically without me having to see the popups.", "icon": false, "domain": "i-dont-care-about-cookies.eu", "github_repo": null, "official_url": "https://i-dont-care-about-cookies.eu", "pricing": "", "aliases": ["I don't care about cookies", "I Don't Care About Cookies"], "verdict": null, "praise": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 784993504, "item_id": 49062094, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49062094", "by": "zugi", "date": "2026-07-26", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use the \"I don't care about cookies\" extension, which rejects most cookies automatically without me having to see the popups.", "excerpt": "> Just set your browser to delete all the cookies at the end of the session except for whatever sites you want to allow to 'remember' you Exactly. I use the \"I don't care about cookies\" extension, which rejects most cookies automatically without me having to see the popups. But even accepting cookies is fine - I'll be closing my browser soon anyway and they'll be gone.", "context": "", "use_case": "auto-dismiss cookie popups", "switched_from": "", "story": "Kill The Cookie Banner"}, {"id": 735744608, "item_id": 45984038, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45984038", "by": "pessimizer", "date": "2025-11-19", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use an extension called \"I don't care about cookies\" that clicks \"yes\" to all cookies on all websites", "excerpt": "You can fix that. I use an extension called \"I don't care about cookies\" that clicks \"yes\" to all cookies on all websites, and I use another extension* that doesn't allow any cookies to be set unless I whitelist the site, and I can do this finely even e.g. to the point where I accept a cookie from one page to get to the next page, then drop it, and drop the entire site from even that whitelist when I leave the page, ", "context": "", "use_case": "auto-accepting cookie banners", "switched_from": "", "story": "Europe is scaling back GDPR and relaxing AI laws"}]}], "caveats": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 746670080, "item_id": 46666880, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46666880", "by": "XzetaU8", "date": "2026-01-18", "stance": "warn", "quote": "I don't feel ok that Avast bought this extension though", "excerpt": "I don't feel ok that Avast bought this extension though https://www.i-dont-care-about-cookies.eu/whats-new/acquisition/ Instead i use this https://github.com/OhMyGuus/I-Still-Dont-Care-About-Cookies", "context": "", "use_case": "cookie banner blocking", "switched_from": "", "story": "Consent-O-Matic"}]}], "who": [], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["auto-dismiss cookie popups", "cookie banner blocking", "auto-accepting cookie banners"], "compared": [{"slug": "i-still-don-t-care-about-cookies", "name": "I still don't care about cookies", "co": 1, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 1}], "makers": [], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49057175", "title": "Kill The Cookie Banner", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46666283", "title": "Consent-O-Matic", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45980117", "title": "Europe is scaling back GDPR and relaxing AI laws", "mentions": 1}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {"recommend": 1}, "2025-12": {}, "2026-01": {"warn": 1}, "2026-02": {}, "2026-03": {}, "2026-04": {}, "2026-05": {}, "2026-06": {}, "2026-07": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-08": {}, "2026-09": {}, "2026-10": {}}, "quotes": [{"id": 784993504, "item_id": 49062094, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49062094", "by": "zugi", "date": "2026-07-26", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use the \"I don't care about cookies\" extension, which rejects most cookies automatically without me having to see the popups.", "excerpt": "> Just set your browser to delete all the cookies at the end of the session except for whatever sites you want to allow to 'remember' you Exactly. I use the \"I don't care about cookies\" extension, which rejects most cookies automatically without me having to see the popups. But even accepting cookies is fine - I'll be closing my browser soon anyway and they'll be gone.", "context": "", "use_case": "auto-dismiss cookie popups", "switched_from": "", "story": "Kill The Cookie Banner"}, {"id": 746670080, "item_id": 46666880, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46666880", "by": "XzetaU8", "date": "2026-01-18", "stance": "warn", "quote": "I don't feel ok that Avast bought this extension though", "excerpt": "I don't feel ok that Avast bought this extension though https://www.i-dont-care-about-cookies.eu/whats-new/acquisition/ Instead i use this https://github.com/OhMyGuus/I-Still-Dont-Care-About-Cookies", "context": "", "use_case": "cookie banner blocking", "switched_from": "", "story": "Consent-O-Matic"}, {"id": 735744608, "item_id": 45984038, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45984038", "by": "pessimizer", "date": "2025-11-19", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use an extension called \"I don't care about cookies\" that clicks \"yes\" to all cookies on all websites", "excerpt": "You can fix that. I use an extension called \"I don't care about cookies\" that clicks \"yes\" to all cookies on all websites, and I use another extension* that doesn't allow any cookies to be set unless I whitelist the site, and I can do this finely even e.g. to the point where I accept a cookie from one page to get to the next page, then drop it, and drop the entire site from even that whitelist when I leave the page, ", "context": "", "use_case": "auto-accepting cookie banners", "switched_from": "", "story": "Europe is scaling back GDPR and relaxing AI laws"}]}