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Re:Why Bother with uBlock Being Blocked in Chrome? Time to S... by closeparen on Monday November 27, 2023 @10:54AM (#38433771)
"Legitimate interest" is a different basis from "consent." It doesn't matter whether you agree to it or not, you aren't empowering anything that wasn't already going to happen.
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Re:Why Bother with uBlock Being Blocked in Chrome? Time to S... by account42 on Tuesday November 28, 2023 @07:12AM (#38444892)
You are empowering them by continuing to use the service/application after they have quite clearly told you that they are going to try to work around the law against your interests.
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