Clearing cookies a real problem with iOS

When clearing cookies in a browser on a Mac or PC, the user can select which websites are to have their cookies cleared. With iOS it's all or nothing. Clicking "clear cookies" clears all cookies for all sites. THAT is a problem.
I ran into a problem with PayPal. I was developing a test site for local charities to accept donations using PayPal. PayPal offers the user the choice of paying with PayPal or a credit card. Once you make your choice, you are stuck with that choice every time you attempt to donate since your choice is remembered in a cookie. I contacted PayPay to complain. I was told nothing could be done, it uses cookies for convenience and security. My "solution" was to delete cookies for the site and restart a session. There are two problems with that. First, that advice would have to be passed on to every donor and many donors likely do not know how to clear cookies on their iPhones or iPads. The second is the all or nothing problem. Blowing away cookies to satisfy PayPal blows away information like my preferences for BestBuy, Bank of Nova Scotia, etc. Because of a dumb, dumb decision on implementing its site by Paypal its solution is to seriously inconvenience users.
Yesterday, I updated my Scotiabank app on my iPhone and iPad. Now I cannot access the bank with the mobile app. I called tech support and, guess what, the solution is to clear cookies. Once again I pointed out that clearing cookies on iOS is an all or nothing affair and I am unwilling to blow away all cookies to overcome a problem introduced by Scotiabank with its updated app. I gave the examples that my card number will be blown away for every banking and financial site, that shopping site preferences will be gone, etc.
The real sollution to the problem is site-by-site cookie deletion for iOS. Without that, blowing away cookies to satisfy one website's requirement impacts negatively on all the other websites that use cookies. A fix is needed. App developers have to realize this problem too.
Message was edited by: gregfromdeep river

thanks, have done that
posted here because this is an issue that affects EVERY iOS user and raising the issue with iOS users, as well as with Apple, is important

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