I wouldn’t have thought having to pay to reject cookies was legal, I thought European laws meant you had to have the ability to reject 3rd party cookies ?
But anyway, what the fuck are you doing reading the Sun.
ivan-ent on
Yea that’s very odd 🤔 musnt be legal surely.
Important_Farmer924 on
You should sue them.
slamjam25 on
Is it legal? Maybe, maybe not. The thing is nobody bloody knows because the EU did such a poor job of writing GDPR.
norodaisy on
You can reject all cookies for free by clicking the small “click here” link in the middle of that screenshot.
They’re banking on dimwits thinking the only options are the two big blue buttons.
Edit – checked and you can reject most, but not all cookies. There are some required for access.
Decky86 on
Reading The Sun should definitely be illegal. It kills braincells
DexterousChunk on
For situations like this it needs to be tested in a court of law. These companies are banking on winning and they’re interpreting GDPR a certain way. It’s like that bullshit “legitimate interest” clause that they auto turn on for you.
GDPR cookie controls should really be a browser level setting
Markitron1684 on
Don’t read the Sun in the first place
hitsujiTMO on
Likely not legal. It was allowed in Spain with guidance from the Spanish data protection agency, which is why everyone dodgy is doing it now.
But it’s likely that it will not be viewed under the same light elsewhere in the EU. If it gets blocked elsewhere, Spain will eventually have to follow and block it again.
squeaki on
I hate the sun, that’s a given.
What I also hate is the enshitification of the net and websites in general.
I used to build websites, now I actively avoid using the internet in general for this precise reason. I enjoyed Reddit until ads started to become punctuation rather than a passive thing.
I’ll be off grid and cable cut before long I think, especially if this trend continues much more. Which it will.
Infernikus on
Fuck The Sun
WeDoingThisAgainRWe on
Currently is because they’re charging to use the site not to opt out of cookies but that’s because the laws aren’t tight enough to stop using cookies as a payment method. I believe it’s currently under debate so definitely legal for now since it requires debate.
Dense-Strength3545 on
They would need to pay me for reading the Sun.
PaulJCDR on
Consume a service for “free” and they will use data to target ads. Pay to not use your data and get random ads or choose not to use the service. All sound like legitimate free choices
bodhan40 on
I’ve been using Brave browser for a year now and I’ve completely forgotten what ads look like. No pop up and no agreeing to anything.
Sararaeace on
Unfortunately it isn’t only the Sun that has started this trick. I just block the site and find the information elsewhere.
DatsLimerickCity on
More importantly, why are you reading that shit rag?
Q1802 on
I clicked on one bullshit article and I read through and it said to see the article I must agree to let 1532 vendors access for 18 months. These should be opt in not opt out
Jean_Rasczak on
F**k me who reads the Sun and who reads it online
lazysunday69 on
The S*n should definitely not be legal…rag of a paper
SneakyCorvidBastard on
Reading the Sun definitely ought to be illegal
Randyfox86 on
Just use duck duck go and accept all the cookies if you’re so inclined. you can just wipe em all off when you’re done by burning the page 👍🏻
I still go through the tick boxes each time anyway though, just to spite them 😂
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A thread from r/DevelEire on this is probably worth reading: [https://www.reddit.com/r/DevelEire/comments/1f9wqwk/the_sun_pay_to_reject_cookies_is_this_even_legal/](https://www.reddit.com/r/DevelEire/comments/1f9wqwk/the_sun_pay_to_reject_cookies_is_this_even_legal/)
But anyway, what the fuck are you doing reading the Sun.
Yea that’s very odd 🤔 musnt be legal surely.
You should sue them.
Is it legal? Maybe, maybe not. The thing is nobody bloody knows because the EU did such a poor job of writing GDPR.
You can reject all cookies for free by clicking the small “click here” link in the middle of that screenshot.
They’re banking on dimwits thinking the only options are the two big blue buttons.
Edit – checked and you can reject most, but not all cookies. There are some required for access.
Reading The Sun should definitely be illegal. It kills braincells
For situations like this it needs to be tested in a court of law. These companies are banking on winning and they’re interpreting GDPR a certain way. It’s like that bullshit “legitimate interest” clause that they auto turn on for you.
GDPR cookie controls should really be a browser level setting
Don’t read the Sun in the first place
Likely not legal. It was allowed in Spain with guidance from the Spanish data protection agency, which is why everyone dodgy is doing it now.
But it’s likely that it will not be viewed under the same light elsewhere in the EU. If it gets blocked elsewhere, Spain will eventually have to follow and block it again.
I hate the sun, that’s a given.
What I also hate is the enshitification of the net and websites in general.
I used to build websites, now I actively avoid using the internet in general for this precise reason. I enjoyed Reddit until ads started to become punctuation rather than a passive thing.
I’ll be off grid and cable cut before long I think, especially if this trend continues much more. Which it will.
Fuck The Sun
Currently is because they’re charging to use the site not to opt out of cookies but that’s because the laws aren’t tight enough to stop using cookies as a payment method. I believe it’s currently under debate so definitely legal for now since it requires debate.
They would need to pay me for reading the Sun.
Consume a service for “free” and they will use data to target ads. Pay to not use your data and get random ads or choose not to use the service. All sound like legitimate free choices
I’ve been using Brave browser for a year now and I’ve completely forgotten what ads look like. No pop up and no agreeing to anything.
Unfortunately it isn’t only the Sun that has started this trick. I just block the site and find the information elsewhere.
More importantly, why are you reading that shit rag?
I clicked on one bullshit article and I read through and it said to see the article I must agree to let 1532 vendors access for 18 months. These should be opt in not opt out
F**k me who reads the Sun and who reads it online
The S*n should definitely not be legal…rag of a paper
Reading the Sun definitely ought to be illegal
Just use duck duck go and accept all the cookies if you’re so inclined. you can just wipe em all off when you’re done by burning the page 👍🏻
I still go through the tick boxes each time anyway though, just to spite them 😂
“You’ve got control over cookies”
”Pay to Reject!”