[t0mas88]

It has only been 5 years since GDPR was signed... give them some time to figure it out ;-)

You would almost think it's really about the shady ad-tech they have on their site not being legal in Europe.

[willis936]

Now now. Let's not be too hasty in our assuming that they are lying about their pure intentions.

/s

[Darmody]

I think their reasons are simpler.

They have a pretty invasive tracking which wouldn't pass the GDPR standards and make them some money.

Most of their users are from the US.

Why would they remove all that tracking which costs money, then lose income only to allow a tiny percent of users read their news? There's nothing for them to figure out.