[Dalewyn]

>first party cookies are invaluable

I am coming to find I don't want cookies, including first-party, on the vast majority of websites. Specifically, I only want first-party cookies on websites I login to.

Otherwise, I can't remember the last time in recent memory when first-party cookies benefitted me in some worthwhile way. They only serve to track me or otherwise disturb my peace for the benefit of the webmaster.

So far I've been opening a lot of websites in Private Mode, but maybe it's just easier to blanket blacklist all cookies and then handpick the small number I want to whitelist.

[jefftk]

> Otherwise, I can't remember the last time in recent memory when first-party cookies benefitted me in some worthwhile way.

A very standard example is when you put something in a shopping cart the site needs some way to record this, which requires cookies or other client-side storage. And if it's a site you've never bought from before you wouldn't be logged in.

[mikeryan]

First party cookies are how you’re authenticated on a website.

They (or an equivalent mechanism) is the only way to save state and create the concept of a “session”.

[jefftk]

> First party cookies are how you’re authenticated on a website

Sure, but they said they were ok with first party cookies on sites they log in to.

[Kbelicius]

That is why GP said: "Specifically, I only want first-party cookies on websites I login to."

[godzillabrennus]

Thanks to the EU, you need to enable Cookies to let a website remember you want to reject all Tracking/Cookies...

Some adblockers do an okay job of hiding those requests, but others do not.

It seems like modern web users need a browser that blocks trackers, an Authoritative DNS like Pi-Hole on the network that blocks trackers, an Authoritative DNS for Pi-Hole to query like NextDNS that blocks trackers, and, of course, a browser plug-in to augment the browsers tracker blocking ability like uBlock.