This has to be against some kind of law right?
Moral of the story? Don’t read the Express. To quote Dave Gorman, it’s a crock of shit.
Saw this on Sunday. I think it fits here…
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.
thank brexiters for that, it’s illegal in eu
no it’s not, it’s a loophole in the legislation that was actually first used and is still most popular in France?
Remind me why we left again
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.
To avoid these things I use uBlock Origin and Consent-O-Matic
Now that’s the real PrivacyPlus™
And it’s free.
Never heard of consent-o-matic. I’m gonna have to check it out
Is this related to the new laws in Europe? I remember seeing something about Facebook introducing a paid tier
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
Not really, it’s just phrased differently to the usual signup pitch, they’re putting in a middle ground between full “premium” subscribers (whatever that is) and public access with tracking and ad metrics.
Companies need revenue to operate. They get that revenue from advertising data and selling ad slots, or subscriptions. Whether they actually cease all tracking and ad metrics when you subscribe is something I’d doubt though, and that could be a case for the legal system if they didn’t do what they claim.
Personally, this behaviour is the point where I would not consider the site to be valuable enough to bother with.
Wasn’t it illegal to not let a user reject a cookie? In the EU at least
Besides the point but are you able to get around it with internet archive?
Gets around it perfectly
