Probably the author has no decision power regarding the cookies the newspaper is using.

We all make choices. I agree that the author probably has no power over the newspaper cookies. But they do choose to work for a newspaper with poor decisions.

And they choose to write an article complaining about usability when they know that their newspaper isn’t very usable.

Not only that, this site also breaks the back button. Seriously.

I started to read, but the cookie dialog popped up, covering the entire screen, and I gave up due to an overwhelming sense of irony.

And I had to click 12 times the back buttons to actually get back here.

No hard feelings. But it’s not great.

Otherwise the article is pretty bland.

Not because of this but rather the zeitgeist : I will give Gemini another shot.

Past the cookie popup one gets a paragraph or two of content, and then a half-screen section of other stuff to drive engagement with the site, rinse, repeat.