This has to be against some kind of law right?
Saw this on Sunday. I think it fits here…
I always do this when I can’t see a page. I also do it when they pop out a big box with text in the middle of the reading and if they also pop out a big box begging me to accept the cookies.
The website doesn’t really care; they have hosting costs so if you’re not paying with money or by accepting ads then to them you’re worse than not visiting at all as you consume resources, so it’s good if you leave?
So, it’s win win. Good scenario.
but the offer has consumed resurces
Sure, but people have memory and if you block people who aren’t even going to contribute to the running costs of the site via the channels they provide, never mind profit, then from the site owners perspective it’s pretty great if you recognise it as a site you don’t want to visit as you likely won’t come back
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Don’t worry, once they have your credit card number they’ll track you even more. At best you’ll get a £2.35 cheque from a class action lawsuit in seven years, assuming they ever even get caught.
thank brexiters for that, it’s illegal in eu
Remind me why we left again
Racism
no it’s not, it’s a loophole in the legislation that was actually first used and is still most popular in France?
What a fantastic website not to visit
I just wanted to read one article, so i have to pay to reject cookies even though I’ll probably never end up on that site again. What a fuckin joke!
It’s the express, you’re better off never reading a word they print
Archive.is is your friend
The Express? There’s definitely a not-reading-it option
To avoid these things I use uBlock Origin and Consent-O-Matic
Never heard of consent-o-matic. I’m gonna have to check it out
Moral of the story? Don’t read the Express. To quote Dave Gorman, it’s a crock of shit.
If the news is that important you’ll find it elsewhere without this bs
Have you heard of adblocking?
Haven’t these cookie paywalls been ruled illegal?
Only in the EU apparently. Although, I could’ve sworn cookie paywalls were breaking some law
website exists for people born in the eu -> it has to comply with the gdpr
This has to be against some kind of law right?
Only in the EU.
Anyways I think that “pay or consent” model isn’t that bad. You either pay with your data or your money. Seems fine to me though pay only would be better. Everyone is used to getting everything online for free. It has to change now imo. The internet isn’t a bunch of hobby forum projects anymore. The price of running a popular website is big and idk if privacy-respecting ads can give enough profit at this point.
You can show ads without tracking and keeping users their right to privacy, right? I think it’s different selling user data than having some ads on your website.
You can but, as I said, it’s much less profitable.
It is bad. Companies could just have some fucking standards.
The issue is profit-motivated companies existing in the first place.
Rather, they should be self-led, and motivated towards the best labour environment as according to their workers. That means their workers feeling accepted, heard and listened to, being able to not only live but also thrive. And all that, while still making the organisation more efficient.
That’s true but absolutely impossible to achieve.
Hey that’s a lot better than companies who asks you to pay and still share your data for profits
No guarantee these guys won’t
Is this related to the new laws in Europe? I remember seeing something about Facebook introducing a paid tier
Besides the point but are you able to get around it with internet archive?
Gets around it perfectly
Either pay for an vpn and clear your cache and cookies constantly or pay directly to the advertisers.
Freedom isn’t free, there’s a hefty fuckin fee.
If you don’t kick in your buck-o-5 who will?
