[dod9er]

I think it is great that they are forced to show whats going one. Otherwise we wouldnt even discuss, just no one would care.

[Dylan16807]

Forced to show is better than going behind my back.

But making me click an "accept" button is just dirty. I hate that.

[tharkun__]

Nobody is making you. You are given a choice.

This company needs to get paid. For that it uses ads and other means, just like everyone else does. Their list of ads, tracking and other partners happens to be around 200. They tell you and you either choose to accept that, read their content for "free" (like you use other content/apps for "free") or actually choose to say "No, if "free" costs me this, then I don't want it".

And some really aren't even to "sell your data" but just their own analytics to let their dev/SRE staff see what's going on. Nothing nefarious at all.

Nobody forces you to accept this and read their content.

Heck, your online banking/brokerage probably uses a bunch of trackers you probably aren't aware of, because they don't tell you. Go open the network tab in dev tools and check.

[tinodb]

No, the GDPR is making _them_. Gating content behind "consent" for tracking isn't allowed. They have the choice to then show content with generic trackers.

[Dylan16807]

Yeah I know I could leave. But if the site won't let me say no, then it shouldn't pretend to give me an option.

If they're acting like the GDPR applies, these choices are invalid. If they're not extending that courtesy, then I'd rather be left alone about it.

And they're allowed to have ads without getting consent. It's the tracking that's a problem.

And there's no chance in hell that data isn't being sold when there are hundreds of partners.