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I prefer this verge link https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/11/20689983/apple-watch-walkie-talkie-bug-disabled https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/11/20689983/apple-w

by gbil 7y ago

I prefer this verge link https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/11/20689983/apple-watch-walkie-talkie-bug-disabled https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/11/20689983/apple-watch-walk... as techcrunch privacy settings are yahoo driven and I was never able to manage them - not sure they really give you an option

Nextgrid 7y ago
The EU should fine that company out of existence. Yahoo/Oath/whatever they’re called now is cancer.
josteink 7y ago
Thanks for the alternate link. In general I think HN should consider just banning TechCrunch links verbatim. That would lead to people actually submitting stories from sites which respects people’s privacy instead, and everyone wins.
kmlx 7y ago
what privacy setting? i never get that popup. techcrunch is ok imo. the verge on the other hand won’t load for 3 seconds if i have an ad-blocker turned on. so i stopped visiting it since their ads are 90s level of terrible.
- tjoff 7y ago
  techcrunch is using oauth, one of the absolute worst offenders. They should be banned from hn altogether.
  - sealjam 7y ago
    I assume you're referring to the media company 'oath'[1] not the auth framework 'oauth'[2]? [1]: https://www.oath.com/ https://www.oath.com/ [2]: https://oauth.net/ https://oauth.net/
    - tjoff 7y ago
      My bad, I've read it incorrectly. It's Oath.
  - icebraining 7y ago
    Nitpick: they aren't using OAuth, they are owned by Oath (now Verizon Media).
- Sahhaese 7y ago
  This is all you see when clicking techcrunch articles: https://imgur.com/a/mId1Jfi https://imgur.com/a/mId1Jfi If you "manage" your settings to block everything it'll just be back next time. As a consequence, I haven't read a techcrunch article since June 2018.
  - jonknee 7y ago
    Interesting, I have never seen that and even tried in an Incognito tab and with Safari which I don't use regularly.
    - Sahhaese 7y ago
      I'm guessing you're not in the EU then? I see this everywhere.
  - jaclaz 7y ago
    I don't know, I use an old browser with javascript disabled, and I seem to read techcrunch articles just fine.
pygy_ 7y ago
With Safari/iOS, all I see when I click your link is a full screen GDPR cookie notice with truncated text (the start is missing), that can only be dismissed by accepting tracking.
the_other 7y ago
The Verge doesn’t give me, in the UK, any options to control my level of cookie acceptance. They offer me two policies to read an an accept button.
- Nextgrid 7y ago
  At least they don’t redirect the page so you can block the overlay with an ad blocker and be done. Not saying this is OK (and definitely not compliant with the GDPR) but still slightly better.
  - icebraining 7y ago
    TC's webdevs have been forced to put up that crap, but to their credit their site works very well without JS, so you can just block it wholesale. I still wouldn't share their links, though.

by gbil 7y ago

Nextgrid 7y ago

The EU should fine that company out of existence. Yahoo/Oath/whatever they’re called now is cancer.

josteink 7y ago

Thanks for the alternate link. In general I think HN should consider just banning TechCrunch links verbatim. That would lead to people actually submitting stories from sites which respects people’s privacy instead, and everyone wins.

kmlx 7y ago

what privacy setting? i never get that popup. techcrunch is ok imo. the verge on the other hand won’t load for 3 seconds if i have an ad-blocker turned on. so i stopped visiting it since their ads are 90s level of terrible.

tjoff 7y ago
techcrunch is using oauth, one of the absolute worst offenders. They should be banned from hn altogether.
- sealjam 7y ago
  I assume you're referring to the media company 'oath'[1] not the auth framework 'oauth'[2]? [1]: https://www.oath.com/ https://www.oath.com/ [2]: https://oauth.net/ https://oauth.net/
  - tjoff 7y ago
    My bad, I've read it incorrectly. It's Oath.
- icebraining 7y ago
  Nitpick: they aren't using OAuth, they are owned by Oath (now Verizon Media).
Sahhaese 7y ago
This is all you see when clicking techcrunch articles: https://imgur.com/a/mId1Jfi https://imgur.com/a/mId1Jfi If you "manage" your settings to block everything it'll just be back next time. As a consequence, I haven't read a techcrunch article since June 2018.
- jonknee 7y ago
  Interesting, I have never seen that and even tried in an Incognito tab and with Safari which I don't use regularly.
  - Sahhaese 7y ago
    I'm guessing you're not in the EU then? I see this everywhere.
- jaclaz 7y ago
  I don't know, I use an old browser with javascript disabled, and I seem to read techcrunch articles just fine.

pygy_ 7y ago

With Safari/iOS, all I see when I click your link is a full screen GDPR cookie notice with truncated text (the start is missing), that can only be dismissed by accepting tracking.

the_other 7y ago

The Verge doesn’t give me, in the UK, any options to control my level of cookie acceptance. They offer me two policies to read an an accept button.

Nextgrid 7y ago
At least they don’t redirect the page so you can block the overlay with an ad blocker and be done. Not saying this is OK (and definitely not compliant with the GDPR) but still slightly better.
- icebraining 7y ago
  TC's webdevs have been forced to put up that crap, but to their credit their site works very well without JS, so you can just block it wholesale. I still wouldn't share their links, though.