[miika]

It would be great if every major browser would add some kind of content policy settings in the preferences. Such as how do I like my cookies.

Then web site developers could ask these preferences with API and act accordingly. Developers who wouldn’t respect these settings would get bad karma somehow.

Maybe then we could get rid of those annoying boxes that disrupt the browsing flow?

[Vinnl]

We have that (first DoNotTrack, now Global Privacy Control). Turns out bad karma doesn't really affect website behaviour.

(GPC has some legal teeth though, and might get more, so perhaps that will help.)

[sharperguy]

i remember in the early 2000s browers would refuse to store cookies unless you clicked accept on a dialog for every single one. Until they started making it auto accept by default.