Can't access the forum on mobile

[RaidenX]

Hi.

As the title suggests, I can't access the forum on my phone. I'm using Edge on Android and when I try to navigate to the forum I get a "we value your privacy" popup and none of the buttons are clickable. It effectively stonewalls me from reading any forum content.

[Mindovermaster Global Moderator]

I'm not aware of this issue, but to help the other guys. 

What version of Android are you using?

Did you try a different browser? To see if Edge is the issue here.

[RaidenX]

yeah it seems to be Edge only. The dialog buttons work as expected in Chrome and Firefox. The phone is using Android 16 (OneUI 8.5) and Edge version  149.0.4022.53

[_neutrino Veteran]

Can Confirm, this only appears to happen on Edge installed on Android, No issue on Chrome, Firefox, Samsung Browsers.

 

Android 16
Samsung OneUI 8.5
Newest Releases of Each Browser (Edge, Firefox, Chrome, Samsung Browser)
This happens both With and Without my VPN being active.

[RaidenX]

Oh, it's happening on more than one dialog? This is the dialog that I'm unable to interact with.

[Steven P. Administrators]

Can't reproduce. I installed Edge, went to neowin.net > accepted the cookie consent > used menu to go to forums, everything loads and I can browse around the forums.

If you can't interact with the dialog on the forums for some reason, go to the main site and accept the cookie consent there?

It is true that the site will not function properly until the cookie consent is accepted or rejected,. it's a legal requirement and I also know that certain VPN/ad blockers block it, which is a user related issue and not a neowin.net problem.

 

On 12/06/2026 at 14:00, _neutrino said:

Can Confirm, this only appears to happen on Edge installed on Android, No issue on Chrome, Firefox, Samsung Browsers.

 

Android 16
Samsung OneUI 8.5
Newest Releases of Each Browser (Edge, Firefox, Chrome, Samsung Browser)
This happens both With and Without my VPN being active.

This is not our cookie consent dialog.

Gotta love browser hijacking... /s

Edit: this may be what Californians see, I will confirm with our consent provider.

[_neutrino Veteran]

On 12/06/2026 at 12:17, Steven P. said:

Can't reproduce. I installed Edge, went to neowin.net > accepted the cookie consent > used menu to go to forums, everything loads and I can browse around the forums.

If you can't interact with the dialog on the forums for some reason, go to the main site and accept the cookie consent there?

It is true that the site will not function properly until the cookie consent is accepted or rejected,. it's a legal requirement and I also know that certain VPN/ad blockers block it, which is a user related issue and not a neowin.net problem.

 

This is not our cookie consent dialog.

Gotta love browser hijacking... /s

Edit: this may be what Californians see, I will confirm with our consent provider.

Im in Ohio, and my VPN endpoint is in Boston.

If that helps, it does happen both on and off the VPN.

and again only in Edge.

[RaidenX]

I don't get the cookie consent dialog on the main page. I would have accepted that a couple of years ago when I first got the phone.

[Steven P. Administrators]

AFAIK you shouldn't be getting a consent popup at all from Canada, so I think it is to do with a VPN or private/secure DNS.

[RaidenX]

Interesting. I'm not using a VPN with my phone. I tried though my home internet (Rogers) and my cellular internet (Telus) using their respective DNS servers and both trigger the dialog above.

Edited 2 hours ago by RaidenX
added clarity