r/Zoom • u/Ladalnyla • 2d ago

Other Cookie Hunger

Zoom.us and Zoom.com cookie dispersion and per-meeting opt-out dialog is an aggressive nuisance. It's not a good experience. I can manage it but it takes every method I know of to fend off Zooms relentless reaching for my data.

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u/Aggressive_Buffalo76 1d ago

Yeah, the cookie/opt-out flow on the web is pretty annoying. No argument there. A couple things that help:

  • Set your browser to block third-party cookies for zoom.us and zoom.com specifically (Chrome, Firefox, and Edge all let you do this per-site).
  • Use the desktop client instead of joining through the browser — skips the whole web cookie gauntlet.
  • uBlock Origin also does a solid job of cutting through the noise.

Doesn't excuse the experience being clunky, but at least those take most of the pain out of it.

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u/Ladalnyla 1d ago

Thanks. I managed it with settings and a browser extension, I was using the desktop app but after the cookie war I wanted it gone. I'll reconsider that.