Tor + cleaning cookies + logging out of everything after using them + separate user profiles goes a long way. But it’s very inconvenient.
Uh, I’ve done this since forever and it doesn’t feel so inconvenient to me. I generally use Firefox in private browsing, configured to always throw away all cookies at the end of every session. Ten years ago it wasn’t even a privacy concern, I simply hate to exit from a webpage without proper logout, it feels like not closing the door when leaving your house...
It requires you to actively manage long lived sessions which would otherwise be handled by the site you’re using. You can often get back to where you were by just logging in again, but there are many places (especially for travel or official places) where that pretty much resets the whole flow.
There are also a lot more popups, captchas and other hoops to jump through when you don’t have a cookies trail.
The average user is lazy and doesn’t think about these things, so the web as a whole is moving in the direction of making things easier (but not simpler). This is usually viewed as a good thing by those who then only need to click a single button. Though it’s at the cost of those who want to have more control.
It might not be inconvenient to you, especially as it’s your basic flow. It’s inconvenient for me, but worth the cost, but basically unusable for most of the people I know (compared to the default flow).
Uh, I’ve done this since forever and it doesn’t feel so inconvenient to me. I generally use Firefox in private browsing, configured to always throw away all cookies at the end of every session. Ten years ago it wasn’t even a privacy concern, I simply hate to exit from a webpage without proper logout, it feels like not closing the door when leaving your house...
It requires you to actively manage long lived sessions which would otherwise be handled by the site you’re using. You can often get back to where you were by just logging in again, but there are many places (especially for travel or official places) where that pretty much resets the whole flow.
There are also a lot more popups, captchas and other hoops to jump through when you don’t have a cookies trail.
The average user is lazy and doesn’t think about these things, so the web as a whole is moving in the direction of making things easier (but not simpler). This is usually viewed as a good thing by those who then only need to click a single button. Though it’s at the cost of those who want to have more control.
It might not be inconvenient to you, especially as it’s your basic flow. It’s inconvenient for me, but worth the cost, but basically unusable for most of the people I know (compared to the default flow).