QuietConsent
Browser extension that sends your 'do not track me' privacy signal to every site you visit, auto-dismisses dark-pattern cookie banners, and gives you a weekly report of who's still tracking you anyway.
EU internet users exhausted by manipulative cookie banners
- Auto-applies your preference signal so banners never appear
- Weekly report of sites that ignored the signal and what they tracked
- Dark-pattern detector that flags banners designed to trick consent
- Site reputation badge in search results showing 'respects preferences'
The EU Commission has proposed browser-level privacy preference signals (Autumn 2025 Digital Omnibus) but Google and the tracking lobby are blocking it — consumers want the signal today, not in five years.
The EU Digital Omnibus targets 'consent fatigue' where users face ~1,020 banners annually with 72% containing dark patterns, validating immense structural demand.Digital Omnibus reshapes EU cookie rules but leaves banner fatigue largely intact ↗
The market is saturated with free, highly-trusted open-source competitors like Consent-O-Matic (114k+ Firefox users) and native browser features from Brave/DuckDuckGo.Consent-O-Matic - Get this Extension for Firefox (en-US) ↗
Dominant solutions are entirely free, open-source, and built by university researchers, heavily suppressing consumer willingness to pay for standalone banner blockers.Consent-O-Matic ↗
Article 88b makes browser-level privacy signals legally binding, creating a strong regulatory tailwind, though native browser enforcement may eventually reduce reliance on 3rd-party tools.EU Digital Omnibus: What Article 88a Changes for Cookie Consent (2026) ↗
Core auto-dismissal functionality is well-proven by existing OSS extensions, though maintaining the CMP selector database requires ongoing effort, making the weekly tracker report a standard addition.Consent-O-Matic - Automated Cookie Consent for Everyday Browsing - GitHub ↗