Accept Cookies message constantly on Ebay and Amazon

interstellaflyer

I keep getting very annoying 'Accept Cookies' pop up when using Amazon and Ebay, whilst I can sort of accept it happening when first going on to the sites, it is very often happening when going back to home page after viewing an item, is this likely to be the result of a recent Windows 10 update I'm on 20H2 or is it an issue with those sites, it doesn't happen on any other site that I use regularly. 

victor2

Works fine for me with 20H2 and Firefox. Try a different browser. If the problem goes away, then it must be something in your browser.

PRAISETHESUN

Have you set your browser to not save cookies, or clear them on exit? Are you using private/incognito mode, or any ad-blockers/VPN software/browser ad-ons? All these can cause a site to "forget" you and prompt each time you visit to save your cookie preferences.

Norman_Castle

Has been happening to me on possibly both a windows 8.1 tablet and a linux pc. Both running firefox.

interstellaflyer

PRAISETHESUN said:

Have you set your browser to not save cookies, or clear them on exit? Are you using private/incognito mode, or any ad-blockers/VPN software/browser ad-ons? All these can cause a site to "forget" you and prompt each time you visit to save your cookie preferences.

Haven't done anything to my browser settings (Google Chrome) 

JenB79

OP, this might be of interest to you:

https://www.i-dont-care-about-cookies.eu/

(extensions available for both Chrome and Firefox)

interstellaflyer

PRAISETHESUN said:

Have you set your browser to not save cookies, or clear them on exit? Are you using private/incognito mode, or any ad-blockers/VPN software/browser ad-ons? All these can cause a site to "forget" you and prompt each time you visit to save your cookie preferences.

Sorry missed the rest of your post, no not using ad blockers/VPN software or browser ad ons

Neil_Jones

interstellaflyer said:

I keep getting very annoying 'Accept Cookies' pop up when using Amazon and Ebay, whilst I can sort of accept it happening when first going on to the sites, it is very often happening when going back to home page after viewing an item, is this likely to be the result of a recent Windows 10 update I'm on 20H2 or is it an issue with those sites, it doesn't happen on any other site that I use regularly. 

This is almost always caused by refusing to accept cookies in the browser (by accident or otherwise).  It is not a Windows thing.

The "accept cookies" thing is ironically remembered by a cookie, so you need to agree to set a cookie so you don't get asked to set cookies...

It can also be caused by using Private/Incognito mode or extensions/add-ons.

If none of these things, make use of another browser temporarily.  If problem fixed, issue is with your Chrome profile, a new one can be made thus:

https://www.techradar.com/uk/how-to/how-to-use-profiles-in-chrome-to-keep-work-and-home-separate

9 out of 10 issues with profile based browsers like Chrome and Firefox are caused by either extensions/add-ons or the profile itself.