Why now, as opposed to several years ago? Are there downsides to blocking 3rd party trackers by default, and if so, what has changed recently to allow this to happen now?
Honestly the two things I've noticed are:
- I have to fill out recaptcha. A lot.
- I've been applying for jobs, some companies have a button for linked in auto fill. Sometimes this works sometimes it doesn't
Beyond that there's a few other thing like, wikidot, that don't really work. In this case the cookie is given by wikidot for sign in, then you're redirected to the custom url wikidot instance (Scp foundation in this case) and you're just not logged in until you allow cookies in this case.
Sites use third parties to provide various functionality. If you block them, the site can appear partially broken. I assume Mozilla has been testing and working on minimizing breakage.
Honestly the two things I've noticed are: - I have to fill out recaptcha. A lot. - I've been applying for jobs, some companies have a button for linked in auto fill. Sometimes this works sometimes it doesn't
Beyond that there's a few other thing like, wikidot, that don't really work. In this case the cookie is given by wikidot for sign in, then you're redirected to the custom url wikidot instance (Scp foundation in this case) and you're just not logged in until you allow cookies in this case.