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I followed the Chicago Tribune link because I wanted to read the article that provided this quote, “can build tunnels at least 14 times faster than previous eff

I followed the Chicago Tribune link because I wanted to read the article that provided this quote, “can build tunnels at least 14 times faster than previous efforts, which a company official acknowledged the company must still prove,” … and I got this! http://www.tronc.com/gdpr/chicagotribune.com/ http://www.tronc.com/gdpr/chicagotribune.com/ "Unfortunately, our website is currently unavailable in most European countries. We are engaged on the issue and committed to looking at options that support our full range of digital offerings to the EU market. We continue to identify technical compliance solutions that will provide all readers with our award-winning journalism." edit: I'm not complaining and I'm not trying to derail (hah, see what I did there) the topic. I was expressing my surprise, first time this has happened to me.

bonestamp2 8y ago
They probably need to track people to make the advertising revenue they're counting on and they probably can't do that and serve Europe under GDPR regulations.
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ocdtrekkie 8y ago
You could make a comment complaining about GDPR, or you could just go here to read the article (without the privacy-invading bloat JS) here: http://archive.is/0ZmZ0 http://archive.is/0ZmZ0
- dymk 8y ago
  Or he could do both. It’s a pain to click on a link and be redirected like that.
  - ocdtrekkie 8y ago
    I wish I was so lucky as to live somewhere where sites that violate my rights blocked me instead, as the case happens. Note that while it may take a couple extra seconds to find a workaround, the archive.is site respects the user's rights, so in the end, the user benefits from this process. I see GDPR-blocked comments are kinda like I see "paywall" comments: After a while, people noting a given site is blocked is just off-topic. It doesn't add anything people won't very quickly find out for themselves. I usually downvote them so they don't clutter up the main discussion. Meanwhile, a comment providing a way around the paywall, generally will get an upvote, because they're saving everyone else time, so we can all get to the real discussion.
- igravious 8y ago
  Thanks for the link good buddy. I should have dug a little for an archived link before posting my comment.

bonestamp2 8y ago

They probably need to track people to make the advertising revenue they're counting on and they probably can't do that and serve Europe under GDPR regulations.

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ocdtrekkie 8y ago

You could make a comment complaining about GDPR, or you could just go here to read the article (without the privacy-invading bloat JS) here: http://archive.is/0ZmZ0 http://archive.is/0ZmZ0

dymk 8y ago
Or he could do both. It’s a pain to click on a link and be redirected like that.
- ocdtrekkie 8y ago
  I wish I was so lucky as to live somewhere where sites that violate my rights blocked me instead, as the case happens. Note that while it may take a couple extra seconds to find a workaround, the archive.is site respects the user's rights, so in the end, the user benefits from this process. I see GDPR-blocked comments are kinda like I see "paywall" comments: After a while, people noting a given site is blocked is just off-topic. It doesn't add anything people won't very quickly find out for themselves. I usually downvote them so they don't clutter up the main discussion. Meanwhile, a comment providing a way around the paywall, generally will get an upvote, because they're saving everyone else time, so we can all get to the real discussion.
igravious 8y ago
Thanks for the link good buddy. I should have dug a little for an archived link before posting my comment.