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[–] KSPAtlas@sopuli.xyz 34 points 3 months ago (12 children)

I've seen this more and more, it's fucked up and probably illegal

[–] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago (7 children)

Illegal where? What law does it break?

[–] magic_lobster_party@fedia.io 17 points 3 months ago (5 children)

In EU with their GDPR/cookie laws. I’m pretty sure hiding the declining of tracking or cookies behind a paywall is not supported under those laws.

[–] ITPaw@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 3 months ago

It’s not but I guess they know that nothing really happens to them doing this.

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