Free Cookieless provides Pi-hole compatible blocklists targeting websites that use Dark Patterns and "Pay-or-Consent" models to circumvent user privacy. We believe that exercising your data rights should be free, simple, and immediate.

GDPR Recital 42

[...] Consent should not be regarded as freely given if the data subject has no genuine or free choice or is unable to refuse or withdraw consent without detriment.

We block services that violate this principle by employing:

• Cookie Paywalls ("Consent or Pay"): Forcing users to pay a subscription to exercise their right to refuse tracking.
• Deceptive Design (Dark Patterns): Hiding the "Reject" option behind obscured text, complex sub-menus, or deceptive interface layouts.
• Friction by Design: Forcing users to manually toggle dozens of "legitimate interest" or 3rd-party vendors one-by-one, while offering a single-click "Accept All" button.

You can use those links to add it to your blocklist.

• Cookie Paywalls: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/alexpado/free-cookieless/refs/heads/main/cookie-fees.txt
• Deceptive Design: not yet created
• Friction by Design: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/alexpado/free-cookieless/refs/heads/main/click-fatigue.txt

Privacy is a collective effort. If you encounter a website that hides its "Reject" button, forces a subscription to avoid tracking, or makes privacy a maze, we want to hear about it.

1. Report a Website: Encountered a "Pay-or-Consent" wall or a dark pattern? Open an issue with the URL and a brief description of the non-compliant behavior.
2. Submit a Pull Request: If you are comfortable with Git, you can directly suggest additions to the list. Please ensure the domain is correctly categorized.
3. Spread the Word: Help others regain their "freely given" choice by sharing this project.

Criteria for inclusion: We don't block websites for having ads; we block them for obstructing the legal right to refuse tracking. If a site makes it "detrimental" or "difficult" to say no, it belongs on this list.

We believe in a web where privacy is the default. If a website listed here has updated its practices to be compliant with GDPR Recital 42 and EDPB guidelines, we are happy to remove it.

1. Apply for Review: Website owners may open an Appeal Issue documenting the changes made (e.g., adding a visible "Reject All" button at the same level as "Accept All," or removing a "Pay-to-Reject" wall).
2. Manual Verification: Our maintainers will manually verify the site.
3. Redemption: If the site is found compliant, it will be removed from the blocklist and added to our Redemption List; a public log of websites that have improved their privacy standards.

We value the trust of our users. If a website is removed via the Redemption process but later reintroduces dark patterns or pay-or-consent models:

• The domain will be permanently re-added to the blocklist.
• The domain will be moved to the Hall Of Shame.
• No further appeals will be considered.

We consider the reintroduction of these patterns as a "bad faith" attempt to circumvent community blocklists.