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Ironically this website will not allow access unless you agree to data harvesting or pay up.

• JohnTHaller 4mo ago
  You can zap the element in Firefox with uBlock Origin
• kps 4mo ago
  Chrome's Reading mode avoids this.
  • em-bee 4mo ago
    likewise on firefox
• retired 4mo ago
  Feels illegal under EU GDPR rules. I believe the accept and reject buttons should be equal size and style. Pay to eject, I’m not sure if that is illegal.
  • dgellow 4mo ago
    The pay to eject is illegal under gdpr https://noyb.eu/en/court-decides-pay-or-okay-derstandardat-illegal https://noyb.eu/en/court-decides-pay-or-okay-derstandardat-i... NOYB doing all the good work once more
    • em-bee 4mo ago
      oh finally, we were just talking about this a few days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48444803 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48444803 here is another one (from the above link) https://noyb.eu/en/nordic-media-giant-schibsted-switches-pay-or-okay-complaint-filed https://noyb.eu/en/nordic-media-giant-schibsted-switches-pay...
  • em-bee 4mo ago
    it is illegal. see the other comments below. what's most grating is that heise as a technical publication that is much more familiar with these issues should really know about this.
• dgellow 4mo ago
  What do you mean? I didn’t get a modal or banner
  • em-bee 4mo ago
    you must have already agreed and forgotten about it. clear all your cookies from heise and see what happens.