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Re:No cookie consent walls, scrolling isn’t consent, says EU... by guitarbill on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @11:52AM (#23092427)
i guess we'll find out if they really are willing, given a proper choice, and not just forced to click "accept" like in some perverse skinner box.

i don't know where all the misinformation comes from, but companies don't need to provide their services for free. they can still show ads - just untargeted ones. or is ads = tracking nowadays?

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Re:No cookie consent walls, scrolling isn’t consent, says EU... by Aunche on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @12:47PM (#23093266)
>forced to click "accept" like in some perverse skinner box.

Or you can just leave the website. It's not like you lose anything by not going to techcrunch, let alone lose your job or anything serious.

Targeted ads make the website a lot more money.

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Re:No cookie consent walls, scrolling isn’t consent, says EU... by vertex-four on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @12:24PM (#23092869)
They can even show ads that are related to the content on the web page! Are you on a page that is about breeds of dogs you might want to adopt? Why not buy a Halti collar, and a package of dog training sessions, and donate to the RSPCA?

This is what Google's advertising product started out as, basically automated magazine advertising at scale; it turned into this perverse tracking system once everyone was hooked onto free web content and nobody could get away from it.

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