This has to be against some kind of law right?
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
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?
The Express? There’s definitely a not-reading-it option
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
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.
I mean, if you don’t want to participate in the advertisement based monetization model, which you shouldn’t, then the alternative to it is a subscription model.
these sites aren’t free. we have the right to block advertising content and trackers on our browsers but that doesn’t mean we have the right to block advertising while retaining no payment access.
Err, this payment doesn’t block ads. It only switches off personalised ads. So, the user is still seeing ads, just not targeted ones. So the site is getting both user’s money plus ad money. And technically, I am not sure how privacy preserving this is because you will still need to create an account which technically leaves you vulnerable to tracking.
Yep. I wish more services asked for a nominal fee and just skipped the ads and data harvesting. They don’t make much per user anyway, so just let us pay the few cents directly and skip the bullshit.
Even if you pay, you’ll still be tracked.
Yeah, they’ll still collect your data and happily sell it as soon as your subscription ends. Also, this subscription would likely only cover first-party tracking. It wouldn’t cover things like a Facebook Like button being embedded in the site, which allows Facebook to track you.
If the news is that important you’ll find it elsewhere without this bs
Have you heard of adblocking?
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
thank brexiters for that, it’s illegal in eu
Remind me why we left again
When are you coming back?
Why is bro replying to a 2 week old comment💀
Cuz I can Also I sort by new comments, I dunno who put it back to the top
To reduce regulations and taxes on rich people, mainly.
Racism
no it’s not, it’s a loophole in the legislation that was actually first used and is still most popular in France?
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
You’re not missing much.
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
Now that’s the real PrivacyPlus™
And it’s free.
