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Not sure how long this has been a thing but I was surprised to see that you cannot view the content without either agreeing to all or paying to reject.

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[โ€“] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I see where you're coming from, but my understanding is that the tracking cookies are already on your machine when the banner is presented, so they've already put in the proverbial tip.

[โ€“] unconfirmedsourcesDOTgov@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Lmfao the proverbial tip. OK you got me there ๐Ÿ˜‚

[โ€“] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago

Just the tip ๐Ÿ˜

[โ€“] Don_alForno@feddit.org 2 points 3 months ago

At least one German outlet has been shown to still track you after paying. Just a bit less. So they use a rubber with a few holes poked in.