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Here’s the kicker: if you need tracking ads to keep the lights on, that’s fine. But that’s a transaction I’m entering into when I visit the site, and I want to
by alkonaut 5y ago
Here’s the kicker: if you need tracking ads to keep the lights on, that’s fine. But that’s a transaction I’m entering into when I visit the site, and I want to see the sticker price.
The fact that the law basically says you can’t cookie wall it (I.e accept or leave) just means that you either convince enough people that the price is acceptable, or you get off the internet. It’s not complicated.
- true_religion 5y agoYou can’t cookie wall, but can you say accept or pay? If you pay, we would remove all ads including those with tracking cookies …
- mnw21cam 5y agoNo, that's illegal too.
- alkonaut 5y agoNo you can’t provide a worse service to those that reject. So you show the service, with untracked ads. That’s it. And if that doesn’t pay the bills, then you change business model or shut down shop. It’s not complicated.
- true_religion 5y agoIf it’s illegal that explains why everything is moving towards a subscription model. Well, that, and online retailers are realizing that ads don’t have as much effectiveness as they thought so market prices are falling precipitously.