Despite using adblock the web does feel like this nowadays. It would be fantastic if we could have a common protocol for communicating our agreement/disagreement with these things instead of having to bat them away like whack-a-mole wherever we end up on the web.

Going back 15-20 years ago there was an embryonic standard for this that didn't seem to get enough traction, I remember it as something like 'PPP' privacy something protocol, but it seemed a bit too heavyweight. If I remember correctly you could use different personas.

I would love this all just to be a browser preference.

P3P; which Microsoft still puts into IE, and they were the only ones to use the 'standard.'

Just like many 'standards,' each company has their own, and follow it, though nobody outside of them do.

Aaah P3P, that was the one. Thanks for reminding me. Sadly even if all the browsers supported it, sites possibly still wouldn't use it and would prefer this onslaught of popups due to the relentless quest for attention.