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Off topic but since it affects this article and several are posting archive.org links, I just find this kind of error message ridiculous: > 451: Unavailable du
by jb1991 5y ago
Off topic but since it affects this article and several are posting archive.org links, I just find this kind of error message ridiculous:
> 451: Unavailable due to legal reasons
> We recognize you are attempting to access this website from a country belonging to the European Economic Area (EEA) including the EU which enforces the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and therefore access cannot be granted at this time. For any issues, contact q6news@khq.com or call 509-448-6000.
I mean really, what is the big deal about allowing a no-cookie visit?
- durnygbur 5y agoThey'd rather sell their children to ISIS than serve a plain HTML with no ads. Monetization on the web is no joke.
- MinorTom 5y agoEven if you don't care about advertising to EU visitors implementing GDPR costs money. (But since a consent-management-system is useful for compliance with California's privacy law it'd make sense to allow EU visitors as well.)