Reviews for I don't care about cookies
I don't care about cookies by Gen Digital Inc.
763 reviews
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 14565419, 2 years agoJust popped up a new tab while I was giving a presentation. WTF? Just for a "hey, I sold out" message. NOPE. Uninstalled. When you doing something like hijacking a user's browser to show them some ad, you've just joined the dark side.
Plus, I've noticed it not working that well. I still see plenty of annoying "Hey! We use cookies" popups on sites. - Rated 1 out of 5by katt, 2 years agoThis addon was acquired by Avast and can no longer be trusted. https://www.i-dont-care-about-cookies.eu/whats-new/acquisition/
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 17567606, 2 years agoNot a fan of Avast taking over. Not a fan of spawning a new tab which is basically free marketing. Boo
- Rated 1 out of 5by Gazomba, 2 years agoOpened a new tab in my brower to give me news. Removed it instantly after that. Good bye
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 17567567, 2 years agoWelp, I got a message that told me: "This Add-On was sold to Avast."
So I deleted/removed this Add-On.
As for why,
I don't trust Avast. Their "antivirus" gets always loaded as bloatware. - Rated 1 out of 5by bloodninja, 2 years agoWhelp another addon sold out to another company. I don't blame the author but no thank you. This plugin will slowly turn into some marketing tool with a bunch of useless features. Uninstalling this ASAP.
- Rated 1 out of 5by pixelated-dot, 2 years agoI loved this extension until 5mn ago, when I learnt that it has now been acquired by Avast!
I highly doubt a company that makes its profit based on collecting user data is a good owner for an extension that is supposed to protect us from data collection and targeted ads...
I am uninstalling it ASAP. - Rated 1 out of 5by gamerz651, 2 years agowow! youtube doesn't load videos anymore with this addon.
--> i really think that hide a cookies message is not the best solution, i prefer accept automatically a cookie message better than hide a cookies message, it is what the name of this addon means, isn't it?
for me "i don't care about cookies" = "accept them"
and NOT "don't answer the question and hide it..." because this leads to bugs... - Rated 1 out of 5by Johnny, 2 years agoThat's pretty much the first extension I always install on any browser. This extension is a must-have to automatically reject all cookies without having to manually reject them one by one and saves a lot of time. It would be great to have it as an extension on Android!
EDIT: it has been bought by a company that will collect and sell your data. Too bad. - Rated 1 out of 5by emiliano, 2 years agoI don't trust Avast. Now i use "I still dont care about cookies"
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 17508865, 2 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Rodrigéz, 2 years agoI repeatedly try to download the supplement but I always see a message:
˝Installation aborted because the add-on appears to be corrupt.˝ - Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 12697772, 2 years agoAwesome addon but no longer working since a couple of days ago
Developer response
posted 2 years agoPlease let me know where exactly by sending an email to author@i-dont-care-about-cookies.eu - thank you :) - Rated 1 out of 5by JAG, 2 years agoVous vendez I don't Care about cookies ! C'est non seulement super pour nous prendre pour des vaches à lait ! Je vous conseille I still don't care about cookies !
Avast je vous 👎🏻 dessus ! - Rated 1 out of 5by Micha, 3 years agoI don't understand why there is an addon that automatically accepts all cookies instead of automatically refusing them. Of course many people don't understand and don't care about cookies but developers should encourage understanding of data protection instead of undermining it. I find this sad and upsetting.
Developer response
posted 3 years agoHey Micha... first of all, it doesn't do what you described. In the vast majority of cases it just hides/blocks cookie pop-ups from appearing. When you see the extension actually accepting something, in most cases it accepts only what's necessary for the website to work properly (to load videos or tweets, to enable logging in etc). When possible, it rejects all cookies. If accepting some or all cookie categories is needed or if it doesn't make sense to choose cookie categories (ie, because it would take too much of user's time), the extension will accept multiple or all cookie categories. Hope everything's clearer now :) Developer response
posted 3 years agoPlease send more details/examples to author@i-dont-care-about-cookies.eu, I'll be happy to check. Thanks!- Rated 1 out of 5by Roman, 3 years agoI don't understand where it gets the 4.6 stars it has now. I have not it seen work once. Every new website I visit, even if that's something mainstream like a newspaper whose website I haven't visited before, always shows me the cookie prompt.
Developer response
posted 3 years agoThere may be different reasons for that. Maybe the extension doesn't work on your side for some reason. Or you use private browsing but you didn't let this extension to work in it. Or you have some other extension interfering. Or you really visit websites the extension doesn't cover yet. There are tens of thousands of different cookie warnings, and many websites change theirs too frequently and make it more difficult to remove the pop-up easily. Feel free to report those websites properly (via the "report" link in extension's menu) or by writing directly to author@i-dont-care-about-cookies.eu. Thanks :) - Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 14626893, 3 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Thany, 3 years agoWorks very well. But it breaks asus.com.
EDIT: too bad about it be acquired by a shady untrustworthy company that has complete and utter disregard for user privacy, security, or safety. Horrible, hooooorrible decision.Developer response
posted 3 years agoAsus.com will work soon. When you're on that site, please use the "report" link in extension's menu (next to the address bar usually) - you'll see then that I have already checked it and prepared a fix :) - Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 16982844, 3 years ago