Gdpr seemed like it was designed to ban this, but lately companies (especially German ones?) seem to be trying this. I guess it won’t be resolved without a big, slow, expensive court case.
I keep seeing this a lot lately. I also saw one that had the style from the image (accept all or refuse maybe), but if you hit refuse, a second one popped up that said:
[pay to read]
Or
[read for free]
I opened it in private mode and read for free just let me into the article. I’m guessing it accepts all.
Today i had a new one:
[ Accept ]
Or
[ Pay to Reject ]
PopUpOff:
[Not Even Playing This Game]
That’s when you choose option 3:
[Close tab]
Gdpr seemed like it was designed to ban this, but lately companies (especially German ones?) seem to be trying this. I guess it won’t be resolved without a big, slow, expensive court case.
Was it The Sun (the shitty tabloid)? I’ve seen people get that on it.
It’s on many German sites. One of them the tech news site heise.de that regular reports on court rulings deeming the practice illegal.
Presumably because no one is actually prepared to pay to read the sun. It’s not like it contains any actual news anyway.
It feels like every uk news site does it. The guardian and the independent are the ones I have trouble with the most. Reader mode “fixes” it though.
I keep seeing this a lot lately. I also saw one that had the style from the image (accept all or refuse maybe), but if you hit refuse, a second one popped up that said:
[pay to read]
Or
[read for free]
I opened it in private mode and read for free just let me into the article. I’m guessing it accepts all.
lemme guess
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