• daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      10 days ago

      How does that break GDPR.

      They even allowed to charge money if you want no ad related cookies.

      Most webpages are like pay 1€/month or accept the cookies. Totally legal and within law. Another instance of EU institutions being lobbied into supporting business above people.

      • theoretiker@discuss.tchncs.de
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        10 days ago

        It’s not clear yet whether its within the law. There is multiple complaints regarding this being filed across the eu, and noyb is actively campaigning for this to be investigated. The argument is that gdpr demands the user being given a real choice. However, most sites pick the monthly fee at 4-5 €, which seems low but is actually very offputting and deliberately chosen such that most people accept cookies instead. A strong indicator for this is that a paid subscription nets the site about 3€ a month, while ad revenue per user per month is only about 0,25 €. So you would think they could offer a lot lower subscription fees. The fact that they won’t means they really really want to track you and dark oattern you into accepting.