Charge for Cookies -- new feature request for MS

[William W. Plummer]

I am troubled by the number of sites that require cookies to be enabled in
order for me to use the facilities they offer, EVEN IF I PAY for their
service. Why should I let them write on my hard disk to get the info I am
paying for?

It seems to me I should be able to charge for each cookie, say $1.00 per
month. They are receiving valuable marking data by tracking my useable and
if they had to get that data from some market research out fit, they would
have to pay handsomely.

The solution is for Microsoft to make a new facility for Internet Explorer
that lets each of us create and administer financial accounts for various
purposes, specifically charging for cookie storage and use. When a remote
site requests me to accept a cookie, I be able to say "Yes. For free", or
"Yes, give my PayPal account $1 for the next month." , "No. Go away".

I believe that the ability to implant cookies on my machine is one of the
two major steps to virus propagation: storing the code. All that is
required beyond that is some hole in the OS or browser that will execute a
cookie.

 

[Dave]

if you subscribe to a site or service that requires cookies you get what you
pay for. if you don't want cookies use a different service that doesn't
require them, its your choice.

 

[*Vanguard*]

"William W. Plummer" said in news:rSbYb.325313$I06.3331326@attbi_s01:

I am troubled by the number of sites that require cookies to be
enabled in order for me to use the facilities they offer, EVEN IF I
PAY for their service. Why should I let them write on my hard disk
to get the info I am paying for?

It seems to me I should be able to charge for each cookie, say $1.00
per month. They are receiving valuable marking data by tracking my
useable and if they had to get that data from some market research
out fit, they would have to pay handsomely.

The solution is for Microsoft to make a new facility for Internet
Explorer that lets each of us create and administer financial
accounts for various purposes, specifically charging for cookie
storage and use. When a remote site requests me to accept a cookie,
I be able to say "Yes. For free", or "Yes, give my PayPal account $1
for the next month." , "No. Go away".

I believe that the ability to implant cookies on my machine is one of
the two major steps to virus propagation: storing the code. All
that is required beyond that is some hole in the OS or browser that
will execute a cookie.

Christ, another ranter that can't be bothered to search for and trial some
cookie manager. I use PopUp Cop to eliminate popups, flash movies, and such
plus it has cookie management. Any cookies whose domains aren't whitelisted
are forced to be per-session cookies (i.e., they get purged when the last
instance of IE gets closed). There's CookieWall from AnalogX. There are
lots of cookie managers out there, and some free ones, too. But mike would
rather rant than solve.

 

[Guest]

I agree. I also feel a bit violated with all these cookies
downloaded to my harddrive without my permission. (And who
knows what else might get downloaded without our knowledge
even when having good security.) bah i don't make sense.

 

[William W. Plummer]

"William W. Plummer" said in news:rSbYb.325313$I06.3331326@attbi_s01:

Christ, another ranter that can't be bothered to search for and trial some
cookie manager. I use PopUp Cop to eliminate popups, flash movies, and such
plus it has cookie management. Any cookies whose domains aren't whitelisted
are forced to be per-session cookies (i.e., they get purged when the last
instance of IE gets closed). There's CookieWall from AnalogX. There are
lots of cookie managers out there, and some free ones, too. But mike would
rather rant than solve.

You need to read my original complaint. In fact if you bar pop-ups and
cookies, you will not be given the service provided. Ex: I must allow
cookies to see my phone bill, mutual fund accounts, etc.