always disable cookies

Hello @vikiv,
let me say that your request seems a bit strange ??

The plugin could not manage this kind of situation, but I have to ask you: why?
Cookies are necessary for third party integrations.. If you do not permit cookies, the integrations probabily will not work. So, why do you want to add functionalities that will not work? You could solve directly not using third party services…

Or do I miss something?
Nicola.

Hi Nicola, I know sounds a bit strange, I’ll try to explain my point ??

There are functionalities I need like embedded youtube videos that use cookies, and I want to disable that. If I’m able to block all cookies I do not have to show the annoying message to the visitor.

This plugin is awesome, will be perfect if I would be able to set cookies as disabled by default without message to the visitor. Think about it ??

thanks for answer and interest!
Vik

@vikiv the problem is related to the fact that it is not possible to block cookies of others services because that services are served by other hosts/servers. Maybe I could block cookies served by my server (even if this could cause issues*), but I can not rule other servers.

* You should not block any cookies because there are technical cookies that are necessary to have things working!

For example, when you visit a site, the server that hosts that site outputs the page that contains a Youtube video; when your browser receives that page, it finds the external resource and requests it to the server that host Youtube site. It is your browser that connects to the server that hosts the external resource, so the server that hosts the original site can not do anything.
In this scenario, the only actor that could prevent cookies is the browser, as each resource pass through it.

In the situation of the preventive block of cookies there is a “little lie”: we can not block third party cookies. The only way to prevent cookies is to avoid the execution of services (that install cookies).

Owever, to be GDPR compliant, think that you should inform visitors of each use of their data and that visitors should accept those uses. Even if (for example) Analytics was not using cookies, you should inform visitors that you use Analytics for statistical purposes!

I think that if you do not want cookies, the only way to proceed is to find a service that do not use cookies.

PS: I mark the thread as solved as it is not a support or bug request, but feel free to enrich it! If we found a new idea, I will consider it for future implementation for sure! ??

wow a lot of useful information here, thanks Nicola!

Just some thoughts.
Almost every website in the cloud uses cookies.
This notification have ruined user experience and no one reads the consent.
Visitors think the cookies are bad but at the same time don’t care about that.

Current law is ridiculous and destructive.