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    • hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      7 hours ago

      Think I’ve seen this twice now in the past couple years, but yeah it’s likely not compliant with the cookie law in EU

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        6 hours ago

        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.

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          3 hours ago

          I wish. In the end it all depend on how individual countries interpret the EU law. In France it was decided that “either let us shit all over your privacy or pay a subscription” was okay and in the spirit of the law.

          It’s bullshit IMO, but lots of sites ran with it. So those I refuse to interact with now.

        • flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz
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          This is very common in the EU. The majority of news sites do it. I believe it’s technically legal because they aren’t under obligation to provide a free access at all