GitHub removes all non-essential cookies that annoyed users

New Delhi: Open source repository GitHub, owned by Microsoft but operates independently, has removed all non-essential cookies from its platform and visiting the website will not send any information to third-party analytics services.

GitHub CEO Nat Friedman said that GitHub already does not use any cookies to display ads, or track you across other sites.

“At GitHub, we want to protect developer privacy, and we find cookie banners quite irritating, so we decided to look for a solution. After a brief search, we found one: just don’t use any non-essential cookies,” he said in a statement late on Thursday.